Happy Spring!
It's that time of year to decorate our home with symbols of Spring and hope! Above are eggs that we hollowed out and decorated with...
Springtime and birds
And who is resting with their tail feathers in the birdbath water? A white crowned sparrow. It's so much fun observing the garden and all...
Honeybees and the ceanothus shrub
As I posted last week, the main attraction for bees in the garden right now is the Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. In the above photo is...
Busy pollinators and some of their favorite plants
Cabbage moth on nasturtium leaves There is a bustle of activity in the garden, with pollinators such as cabbage moths, hummingbirds and...
Gobbling up those blossoms
Well....here's one of the bushtits eating the cape honeysuckle blossoms. Most of the birds that frequent our garden love this shrub that...
Ah, ceanothus, our native bee magnet!
The Ray Hartman ceanothus in our garden is in full bloom now, and is absolutely gorgeous with bluish purple blossoms. A native...
Meanwhile, a towhee gathers twigs for its nest in the backyard
Towhee scoping out the surroundings for nest materials This week we noticed a pair of California towhees hunting for twigs in our...
Our bedding supplies are accepted!
I took the photo above yesterday morning. As you can see, at least a third of the cat fur is gone! I didn't actually see any birds come...
Come and get it!
We decided to go with the bird suet receptacle for storing and presenting bird nesting material. It costs less than 5 dollars and you can...
Springtime is nesting time!
bird in the neighbors' apple tree For the past week or so, there is a lot of singing, chirping, warbling and yes, twittering, going on in...
