Plum season!
We are in the midst of plum season. Many branches of our neighbors' plum tree hang over the fence and are laden with fruit. Fortunately,...
The umber skippers and Shasta daisies
Here's one of the friendly umber skippers that are always visiting the garden. They seem to really love the Shasta daisy nectar because...
Bees and the yellow monkey flowers
The money flower plant is growing quite rapidly and producing more and more blossoms. The flowers are very beautiful on this particular...
Bees and the flowers
We do have many native plants for the bees, but they do like roses, too. Here is a honey bee collecting nectar and pollen from one of our...
Fledgling number two out of the nest and flying around the garden
A few hours after I observed fledgling number two testing its wings while sitting on the edge of the nest (see video in previous post), I...
One Anna's hummingbird already fledged, the second one to go
Two days ago, when I checked the Anna's hummingbird nest, there was only one still there. We figured that the one that sat on the side of...
The Anna's hummingbird babies have fledged!
So much has happened in the Anna's hummingbird nest these past few days. It has been very breezy and cooled down quite a bit, typical for...
Swallowtail caterpillars!
At last! I planted a brown fennel plant in a container a couple of years ago, hoping to attract swallowtail butterflies to lay eggs on it....
The naked buckwheat is blooming and attracting local pollinators
The naked buckwheat plant is now in bloom, and for the first time in several years, I observed a hairstreak butterfly in our garden. This...
The baby hummingbirds are growing
The baby Anna's hummingbirds hatched nine days ago and are rapidly growing. Every morning and evening, and during the weekends, several...
