My monthly installments of 'A Bestiary ~ Tales from a Wildlife Garden' continue over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens with the vividly stunning Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea). Though often secretive and hard to find, the Scarlet Tanager's song can help lead the observer to high perches and blurred shots of his brilliance. There is more about this special songbird over at the link above. The tanager and I were in synchrony while I was finishing the forty first installment of my A … [Read more...] about Scarlet Tanager Joins ‘A Bestiary’
Looking Back Wildly Native Highbush Blueberries Flowers to Fruit
Blueberry blooms in foreground. Lilac colors beyond. Blueberries to the left . . . Snowy Crabapple on right. The Blueberry field is down the hillside directly east of the old farmhouse retreat. Gray Birch growing around Blueberries Magnolia blooms in the distance . . . Blueberries growing around Gray Birch. Blueberry pendants Yummy to pollinators. Swelling fruit Rose violet to blue purple. Portrait within a drop of water upon a blueberry. Robin … [Read more...] about Looking Back Wildly Native Highbush Blueberries Flowers to Fruit
Looking Back Wildly Native Highbush Blueberries Flowers to Fruit
Blueberry blooms in foreground. Lilac colors beyond.Blueberries to the left . . . Snowy Crabapple on right.The Blueberry field is down the hillside directly east of the old farmhouse retreat. Gray Birch growing around BlueberriesMagnolia blooms in the distance . . . Blueberries growing around Gray Birch.Blueberry pendantsYummy to pollinators.Swelling fruitRose violet to blue purple.Portrait within a drop of water upon a blueberry. Robin youngster eying berries and meScarlet … [Read more...] about Looking Back Wildly Native Highbush Blueberries Flowers to Fruit
