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| Trude | profile | all galleries >> my_back_yard >> my_backyard_in_orange >> my_summer_yard | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 A is for Allligator lizard who sometimes comes inside my open door |
 B is for Black Phoebe, gaping in the heat |
 C is for Cooper's Hawk - Can you find it? |
 Here it is! A juvenile with lots brown streaks |
 Adult Cooper's Hawk with gray back who scares away smaller birds |
 D is for Mourning Dove, coo, coo, coo |
 E is for (Hookers) Evening Primrose, loved by goldfinches and bees |
 E is for Evening Primrose, a different variety |
 G is for Green Fruit Beetle eating elderberery flowers |
 G is for American Goldfinch, bright yellow male |
 G is for American Goldfinch female |
 G is for Goldfinch which messily molts in summer |
 H is for House Finch, bright red male |
 H is for House Finch female who has no red |
 H is for (Allens) Hummingbird, reflecting in the sun |
 H is for (Anna's) Hummingbird, sipping nectar from flowers |
 H is for House Sparrows mating, which results in . . . |
 . . . Juvenile House Sparrows |
 J is for Juvenile Mockingbird eager to be fed |
 Juvenile Black Phoebe |
 Juvenile Mourning Dove, notice white edges to feathers |
 Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, that's a lot of juvenile birds! |
 My oh my, its a Mallow |
 M is for Monkey Flower which needs little water in summer |
 M is for Mockingbird, white patches to flash |
 O is for Hooded Oriole, summer visitor from Mexico |
 O is for Orange-crowned Warbler |
 P is providing important perching sites |
 R is for red flower |
 and more red flowers |
 S is for Sulfur laying her eggs on Cassia |
 S is for Spider which I escort OUTSIDE |
 S is for spectacular summer sky |
 T is for Toyon flowering in summer |
 T is for Toyon leaf veins |
 T is for Tree Tobacco which I keep for hummingbirds |
 T is for Tail feathers |
 U is for Underwing, such a good stretch |
 W is for Western Scrub-jay, noisy as can be |
 W is for Water, most important to provide for wildlife |
 Uh, oh, need to clean out the algae! |
 W is for Wilson's Warbler, signaling fall migration |
 X is for Cooper who chews my pillow until I return from yardwork |
 ZZZZ is for sleep after watching all these wonderful things in my yard! |
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