Waxwings coming around, transitioning from the earlier Saskatoon/Amelanchier shrubs to the Cascara trees.
Crow fledglings sitting in pine tree, but haven’t seen them in a day. Hopefully they are gone for good. The parents were surprisingly distant lately ( we told one young crow we were sure he was abandoned), but i did get sqawked at a couple of times. I put out some leftover anchovies and water, in the hopes of making friends or maybe a servant of the baby crow. Many other birds, including lots of California quails, Junkos, Tohees and goldfinches are everywhere, and the back yard is a regular cacophony of birds.
Mr Douglas Squirrel apparently stowed away numerous caches of nuts, especially some sunflower seeds that i put out last year. He has uncovered a few, only to find a bunch of sprouts. Some of these caches have sprouted up on their own, like some tight bunches of sunflower sprouts and some hazelnuts.
Honeysuckle ciliosa (Western Trumpetflower) nearly out in bloom, the hummingbirds are already going after the open ones.
In bloom and below: Showy Jacob’s ladder, deciduous rhododendron, Penstemon Rupicola, White Shooting star/ Dodacatheon dentatum, White brodiaea,and Delphinium Menzensii, Wild Blue Flax with a background of Heuchera flowers (native coral bells), and some general backyard pix. The last pic is Penstemon, we think a blue Confertus variety.
Mr Douglas Squirrel apparently stowed away numerous caches of nuts, especially some sunflower seeds that i put out last year. He has uncovered a few, only to find a bunch of sprouts. Some of these caches have sprouted up on their own, like some tight bunches of sunflower sprouts and some hazelnuts.
Honeysuckle ciliosa (Western Trumpetflower) nearly out in bloom, the hummingbirds are already going after the open ones.
In bloom and below: Showy Jacob’s ladder, deciduous rhododendron, Penstemon Rupicola, White Shooting star/ Dodacatheon dentatum, White brodiaea,and Delphinium Menzensii, Wild Blue Flax with a background of Heuchera flowers (native coral bells), and some general backyard pix. The last pic is Penstemon, we think a blue Confertus variety.
Mr Douglas Squirrel apparently stowed away numerous caches of nuts, especially some sunflower seeds that i put out last year. He has uncovered a few, only to find a bunch of sprouts. Some of these caches have sprouted up on their own, like some tight bunches of sunflower sprouts and some hazelnuts.
Honeysuckle ciliosa (Western Trumpetflower) nearly out in bloom, the hummingbirds are already going after the open ones.
In bloom and below: Showy Jacob’s ladder, deciduous rhododendron, Penstemon Rupicola, White Shooting star/ Dodacatheon dentatum, White brodiaea,and Delphinium Menzensii, Wild Blue Flax with a background of Heuchera flowers (native coral bells), and some general backyard pix. The last pic is Penstemon, we think a blue Confertus variety.
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