Guests to our garden

[bkay2000]

Lovely photos, guys.

Thanks.

bk

[tsugajunkie]

Morning Cloak butterfly



Cooper Hawk



tj

[redcrx]

I was working on some photos of yellow seedlings and this photo of a wasp sitting on a yellow hardy orchid flower showed up:

[tsbccowboy]

Each of these guests are incredible!

Just think, if we only had grass lawns we would miss many of these guests.

These moths were hanging out on a 'Satisfaction' petiole. I was saying "get a room". They were saying "mind your own &**#@& business". It is so fun to coexist with our guests.


Acrobatic Moths



Acrobatic Moths

[tsbccowboy]

I've posted this dragonfly before but you can see it here!


Dragonfly (after the acrobatics)
8/2/14

[newhostalady]

I am enjoying the moth and butterfly photos!

My family love watching birds come to our backyard feeder. We wanted to personalize our home, and so we began taking photos of these birds (not so easy a task!). We now have a grouping of photos on our kitchen wall which we call "our backyard friends." Here are a couple of photos.

[redcrx]

Working on flower photos today I found this little guy:

Katsuragawa Beni 1 seedling - September 18, 2014

[Mountainy Man]

In the beginnings of my garden I used to get these visitors all the time before the fences were replaced.

Denis

[Mountainy Man]

This bumblebee is having a nap in this daffodill.

This is an Emperor moth

[redcrx]

While cleaning out some raised beds and troughs today, I run into this small gray treefrog.
It's sitting on Soldier Boy. The yellow plant on the left is Ogon Tsushima.

Soldier Boy and gray treefrog - May 13, 2015

Soldier Boy and gray treefrog - May 13, 2015

Soldier Boy and gray treefrog - May 13, 2015

[Don_in_Colorado]

The squirrel and I have a deal...I give her a granola bar once a week, and she leaves my hostas alone. So far, so good...

Don B.

[Tigger]

On the other hand, my husband woke today to find a drowned deer in our little pool (water feature). Ick.

[redcrx]

While clearing up from the storm I found these holes on one of the branches. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker does this. Never saw one in my yard but they are around. When I was working at Rutgers in Camden, NJ, I got pictures of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and learned about the holes they make.
http://iis.camden.rutgers.edu/mchugh/camden.html#ybss

June 24, 2015

[hostaanita]

This is my most unwelcome guest and frequent visitor.

[Don_in_Colorado]

Eeeeeyow...The reason I like deer is because they can't really get to my hostas. I'm sure that's the only reason

[redcrx]

Found this little guy in my garage yesterday. I think it came in with a hosta that needed re-potting after being crushed by a fallen pine tree. (Finally got rid of the last two trees downed by the storm - this was the last pot to salvage.)

treefrog - July 15, 2015

[redcrx]

I thought I would post this photo here since the plant wouldn't be here next year.

A volunteer cherry tomato plant at the front of my south side hosta bed. It seems to love the spot.

Cherry tomato - August 17, 2015

[rufie98]

Looks like the cicada found a comfy, snug little spot in my Guacamole!

[redcrx]

This guy showed up today for the party.

Great-Spangled Fritillary:

Great-Spangled Fritillary - September 5, 2015

Great-Spangled Fritillary - September 5, 2015

[redcrx]

Later in the day on Saturday I tracked a Hummingbird and got some photos of him hitting my Iron Gate Supreme.

Hummingbird at Party - September 5, 2015

That evening I caught the Night-blooming cereus in flower about 9 PM - a rare event.

Night-blooming cereus - September 5, 2015

Night-blooming cereus - September 5, 2015

This morning, while still cleaning up after the party, I found a small Gray Tree-frog in a cooler that was overfilled with soda cans so the lid wasn't closed all the way.

Gray Tree-frog - September 7, 2015

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Gray Tree-frog - September 7, 2015