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Lizard Oak Tunnel — A Wildlife Habitat Installation
Lizard Oak Tunnel’s Middle Entrance. The oak limb has a hollow, or crevice, from its mid section to its base. Excellent shelter and living quarters for garden critters. I recently salvaged an oak...
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A Bestiary: Part Twenty-seven ~ Songbirds: Warblers ~ Yellow Warbler
The bright Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia, is often seen here in the gardens darting in and out of apple blossoms high in the top branches of our apple trees. Yellow Warblers are one of our most...
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A Bestiary: Part Twenty-eight ~ Songbirds: Warblers ~ Northern Parula
On a chilly May morning, a few years back, as I was walking through the north garden, I caught sight of a small warbler darting about in an old apple tree. Quickly, with camera in hand, I stepped...
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A Bestiary: Part Twenty-nine ~ Songbirds: Warblers~ American Redstart
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla, is an animated and unusual warbler and becomes the twelfth and final warbler of my ‘A Bestiary — Tales from a Wildlife Garden.’ Clever hunting techniques make...
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A Bestiary: Part Thirty-one ~ Songbirds: Vireos ~ Blue-headed Vireo
The Blue-headed Vireo,Vireo solitarius is a small, striking songbird wearing blue-gray feathers on his head and back while sporting swanky white spectacles. Two bold wing bars and thin washes of yellow...
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The joys of a Florida pond
We love our pond and have added a border native plants at its edge to replace the turfgrass that used to dip right into the pond. I’ve planted ferns, black-eyed Susans, scarlet hibiscus and more. Plus...
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Keeping your Native Wildlife Garden Lush
Blazing Star – a xeric, night-blooming show-off Native plants are tough and will thrive with little care – right? We’ve all heard that. Low maintenance! Use native plants! That’s what we often hear...
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A Bestiary: Part Thirty-three ~ Songbirds: Baltimore Oriole
Another one of my favorite birds is the brilliant orange and black Baltimore Oriole Icterus glacial. I have large volumes of admiration for this member of the blackbird family and love hearing the...
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A Bestiary: Part Thirty-eight ~ Songbirds: American Robin
American Robins Turdus migratorius, run along the ground like sentinels wearing gray and warm orange-brown breasted coats. When I look out in the fall and early spring after the snow has melted, I...
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Lovin’ Lupine
Silvery Lupine It’s colorful. It spreads slowly. It’s fragrance is amazing. It fixes nitrogen in the soil. It attracts pollinators. It is the larval host for several species of moths. One of our most...
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