Happy Earth Day!
And here are images from our garden as examples of why Earth Day should be observed every day. Above is a Yellow Faced Bumble Bee Bombus...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee in the Ray Hartman ceanothus
Bees are very busy in the garden now. Just look at the pollen basket on this Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii . These are the...
Black Bottomed Bumble Bee and the Silver Bush Lupine blossoms
Look who is visiting the Silver Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons “Silver Bush Lupine”. It's a Black Bottomed Bumble Bee, and look at the...
Anna's hummingbird visiting the Hummingbird salvia
Ah, here is an Anna's hummingbird in its namesake salvia plant Salvia spathacea "Hummingbird Sage". Hummingbirds and larger bees visit...
Native birds on the garden fence
I love to observe bird activity, especially when they are very close by, and don't seem to care that I'm watching them. Above is a...
First California Poppies in the garden
Doesn't this look like a lovely golden drop of sunshine? These California poppies reseed themselves all over the garden, so now there are...
Monarch resting on tree fern fronds
Last weekend, when the weather was dry and sunny, there was a lot of activity in the garden and patio. Birds were visiting all day, and...
First carpenter bee sighting of the year
Here is my first carpenter bee sighting of the year on our patio. It is a male Mountain Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex,...
It was a Painted Lady
In my last post I wrote that the Black Phoebe ate a Checkerspot butterfly. But after observing butterfly activity in the native garden...
Anna's Hummingbird in the Sunset
Observing birds in the garden, at sunset, is always a magical experience for me. They glow in the light of the setting sun. Here is an...
