It’s been such a thrill to see our Mama Hummingbird as she cares for her eggs. I wrote last week about finding her nest and promised to keep you updated on the latest. Well, drumroll please…both of her eggs have hatched! Last Tuesday and Wednesday I noticed Mama spending more time than usual in her nest. [...]
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Tuesday’s Tips — Hummingbird Chicks & Gardens
Posted in Bird Photography, Garden, Garden Wildlife, Organic Gardening, Pollinators, Tuesday's Tips, tagged Bird Photography, Hummingbird Chicks, Hummingbird Gardens, Hummingbird Nest, Hummingbird Plants, Nature Photography, Nectar, Organic Gardening, Pollinators on April 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
How to Attract Birds, Not Late Night Partiers
Posted in Birds, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Organic Gardening, Trees, tagged Attracting Birds, Birdhouses, Bluebird, Butterfly Plants, Durango, Flycatcher, Garden Ponds, Gardening, Gardening for Birds, Growing Food for Birds, Hummingbirds, Nectar, Nectar Plants for Hummingbirds, Pine Siskin, Raccoons, Snags, Trees and Shrubs for Birds, Wildlife Habitat on June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mary Beth: Raccoons have been visiting us since we got back and they have been downright rude! I’m pretty sure they were setting up house on our deck while we were living on Block Island — droppings and the shredded cat bed were my first clue that we might not be alone. They come late [...]
Butterfly!
Posted in Bees, Block Island, Butterfly, tagged Bees, Block Island, Blossoms, Butterfly, Butterfly Garden, Butterfly Plants, Caterpillars, Chrysalis, Flowers, Gardening, Larva, Mexico, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly, Nectar, Pollen, Pollinators on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mary Beth: Is there anything more amazing than a butterfly, especially a monarch? From its very beginning as a tiny larva, to the chrysalis, to the magnificent winged creature migrating thousands of miles to begin the cycle anew, there isn’t a moment of its life cycle that isn’t breathtakingly beautiful. Swamp Milkweed grows wild on [...]
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