Happy Earth Day!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the start of Spring.
I just put out my Mason Bee cocoons and set up an outdoor IP camera to watch them. They should hatch within a week or so.
Hope to do better than last year - I had parasitic wasps that laid eggs in the bee tubes and I lost all of the bees. I got a fresh start from a friend that had a surplus of cocoons from her bee houses.
We have worked to convert our yards into natural spaces to save water and to support wildlife. On Earth day, we observed this not to frequent visitor (we have only seen one in the past). This is a male Indigo Bunting (he is sitting on some kinetic art - a Hummingbird made out of spoons).
In our front yard we had a volunteer Prickly Pear Catus, that has bloomed beautifully (ample recent rainfall).
The blooms do not last long (this was a little past the peak, but there are many more blooms nearly ready). The bees and beetles were jam packed into each bloom.
Happy Earth Day!
Very nice. Haven't seen cactus much since I moved from California. Certainly not many cactus flowers. I think the last time I saw cactus was three years ago in Hawaii.
Very nice. Haven't seen cactus much since I moved from California. Certainly not many cactus flowers. I think the last time I saw cactus was three years ago in Hawaii.
