snow birds

 ^^Northern Flicker (woodpecker)

 ^^Northwestern crows

 ^^female Anna's hummingbird, North Courtyard

 ^^another female Anna's, Centre Courtyard

 ^^male Anna's hummingbird, Centre Courtyard

 ^^male Anna's, main entrance

 ^^third female Anna's, Centre Courtyard

mosquito control

 

 

water barrels

^^four new water barrels will be installed this summer, giving us a total of five.

sunflowers

field orchid

Broad Leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)

A small-flowered field orchid has taken hold next to drainage downpipe.

Introduced from Europe, it is rare enough to be a novelty and is not considered 'invasive'. 

weekly feeding

how to: make humming bird nectar

ahh, aphids...

 

info here

spring!

 

 

Anna's hummingbird