Backyard Orchard News
To Bee or Not to Bee--a Photographer
To bee or not to bee--a photographer. Capturing images of honey bees is a delightful leisure...
Backlit honey bee heading toward tower of jewels in the early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The glow of a honey bee in the early morning light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pastel colors, almost like a watercolor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Morning light shining on honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the end. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yosemite Fire Creates a Smoke Haze in the San Joaquin Valley
It is hard to see the sun rise in the mornings the smoke haze is so dense in the central San...
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Passionate About the Passionflower Vines
Valley carpenter bees are passionate about passionflower vines (Passiflora). You see these black...
A female Valley carpenter bee is covered with yellow pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female Valley carpenter bee on a passionflower blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rat on Aquatic Invaders!
Who ya gonna call? If you spot a suspected aquatic invader, where you report it depends on the critter or weed. Remember to take photos with a camera or, even better, geo-tag them with a smartphone. Take a snapshot that shows just where you saw the invasive species, such as a streambed, lake or pond. Next, photograph the whole animal or plant and then add close-ups of distinctive features. For example, check mussels for “byssal” threads that attach them to surfaces and photograph...A Streak of Gray
if it's a streak of gray, you don't wash it away. You welcome it. The gray hairstreak...
A gray hairstreak foraging in sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee joins a gray hairsteak on a sedum blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)