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An Ivory Banded Digger Bee and the Indigo Spires Salvia plant

Here is another prime example of "if you plant it they will come". Now that the Indigo Spires Salvia plant that I transplanted into the...

Anna's hummingbird and the Indigo Spires salvia

The transplanted salvia plants are doing well in the front yard, and now starting to bloom. What a treat to be standing in the yard and...

Sleeping on the Navajo fleabane

Well look who we discovered sleeping on a Navajo fleabane flower - a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii This was taken in the...

California Bumble Bee!

This past weekend I spotted for the first time here a California Bumble Bee Bombus californicus . It was late afternoon and I noticed...

wool carder bee on the lavender bush

I spotted the first wool carder bee of the year on the patio! It flew to every lavender whorl on a blossoming lavender plant. Diligently...

Bees on the patio

There is a lot of bee activity on the patio, but these creatures are so quick, that it's been a challenge trying to photograph them! Here...

Umber skipper on a butterfly bush leaf

Now that we have experienced some unseasonably hot days, the umber skippers are always flying around the plants on the patio, enjoying...

chatting with an Anna's hummingbird

I was sitting on the patio, taking a break from working in the garden, when I observed this Anna's hummingbird. It was happily feeding on...

Anna's hummingbird hanging out

The hummingbirds are discovering that our patio has a lot of food sources popping up for them. This hummingbird is taking a rest after...

Hover fly and Blue Girl rose

More rain this weekend, but not as heavy drops as a few weeks ago. And this photo is an example of sheer luck. I was taking photos on the...

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bees in the bay breeze

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bees in the bay breeze

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An Ivory Banded Digger Bee and the Indigo Spires Salvia plant

Anna's hummingbird and the Indigo Spires salvia

Sleeping on the Navajo fleabane

California Bumble Bee!

wool carder bee on the lavender bush

Bees on the patio

Umber skipper on a butterfly bush leaf

chatting with an Anna's hummingbird

Anna's hummingbird hanging out

Hover fly and Blue Girl rose

bees in the bay breeze

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Some pollinator and native plant observations in our garden

Mosquito spraying kills beneficial insects

Birds in the Baths

Summer Long-horned male bees asleep

August Colors in the Garden

Sleeping bees

Mylitta Crescent balancing

Happy Pollinator Week!

The California natives are flourishing

The Summer Long-horned bees are here!

Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees

Dragonflies in the garden

Happy World Bee Day!

Leave the Leaves!

Yay! Wool Carder Bees are here

Bird Migration Alert. Lights Out!

The butterflies are arriving

These Spring Sunsets

Why leave dried stalks in your garden? Here's why...