The Bewick's wren
In the late afternoon a few days ago, looking out the kitchen window we noticed a Bewick's wren in the large container where a Sapphire...
The California towhee
The California towhees are frequent visitors to our garden, especially now with the Sunshine blueberries in season. See how clever the...
The Anna's hummingbird eggs have hatched!
How exciting! The Anna's hummingbird's eggs have hatched! We don't know how long she incubated her eggs, because we only noticed her...
The umber skipper and the honey bee
I love to watch umber skippers because they seem curious and playful, flitting around the same area and lingering for a long time on...
Organic farmer David Mas Masumoto documentary on PBS!
If you ever see Masumoto farm fruit in your grocery store, you MUST buy some! I bought some of their nectarines last week, and they were...
More nests around the garden
Now that we discovered the hummingbird with her nest in the fig tree, I'm noticing more and more nesting activity around the garden. Up...
More food for the pollinators
The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have been sipping at the nectar of the Sapphire Blue salvia plants for the past few weeks. Some of...
Vegetables are growing
Although I have been growing vegetables in containers in the backyard every year for the past 16 years or so, I still get very excited...
Enjoying lavender nectar
Sunday was a very warm day, great weather for the bees and butterflies. Cabbage moths are very lovely creatures, with paper thin wings,...
Hummingbird nesting in the fig tree
This afternoon while in the house I heard an interesting bird song, and got my camera to try to get an image of the bird. I saw a bird...
