Back from the tundra
Ah, the Golden-crowned Sparrows are back for the winter. This one is sitting in the Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. These birds arrive...
Don't forget!
Put your leaves in an area of your yard set aside as a "wild space". You'll see many birds foraging through the leaves for food, and...
The overwintering monarch count so far very encouraging
A 3,500 % increase in numbers from the previous year? This report from Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, California is very encouraging,...
More native plants mean more insects
House wren nestlings feeding on a caterpillar Photo:...
Bewick's Wren visiting
It took me about a year to figure out what bird this is. And now I hear and see these chattering birds, Bewick's wrens, all the time....
The Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly and its host plant
Photo by Tim Wong (@timtast1c) The beautiful blue Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor is rarely sighted these days here in Northern...
Don't use rodenticides!
Barn owl photo sourced from the article below Let owls be your natural exterminators. Here is a great article that explains further the...
Butterfly weather
The mornings can be quite cool with temperatures in the 60's, but once the sun is out and it's warm, the butterflies are out and about....
