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A potter wasp mama puts the final touches on her vessel-like clay nest, and lays an egg inside. These beneficial insect ceramicists are not aggressive and can help protect nearby plants from caterpillar damage. So if you see a tiny pot appear unexpectedly in your garden, you might want to leave it be!
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A robber fly celebrates a successful heist by slurping out the liquefied innards of its ambushed prey.
July 13, '10: female hummingbird repeats running bill against door glass,
up + down looking in at me. many visits
up + down looking in at me. many visits
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A tiny metallic green cuckoo wasp timidly peeks out of a habitat log hole, taking in the world beyond through its periscopic antennae.
June 4, '02 - robin nest built on ledge of window - now 3 eggs
June 15 - two pink naked babies today + 1 blue egg to go
June 29, 9:30am - 3 robin chicks left nest
June 15 - two pink naked babies today + 1 blue egg to go
June 29, 9:30am - 3 robin chicks left nest
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#Meanwhile: The ants go marching... with larvae 
Millions of female worker ants carry the queen's larvae through a vast, treacherous landscape (known to us as 'the garden'). Watch them go...
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A glittering male Anna's hummingbird mingles with the matching reds and greens of a Nootka rosebush, resting between defensive beak-jousting rows.
A juvenile dark-eyed junco peers cautiously from the safety of its trellis perch.view
A Dark-eyed junco finds some eats amongst the grass & moss in the late-afternoon sun.
May 17, '09: rufous in kitchen
#spring #birds #meanwhile-spring
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A robin alerts its kin of danger from a lichen-laden perch.
May 26, '12: robin with mouth full of worms lands on my head
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Morning pearls of dew are beaded onto threads of moss
A sparkling chalice awaits a thirsty faery
A lupine contact juggler balances its ball with care
#spring #meanwhile-spring