Redefining the Beauty of Nature and Wildlife in Our Gardens
It was the wee hours, yet I was awake. I glanced at the glass doors to the deck .. did I see eyes? Yes, I spied two yellow eyes. And.. there was a face attached. I could make out a face with a mask! The face moved away quickly as I slid open the door. … [Continue Reading]
Photo by Minette Layne Full disclosure here: there are no beavers living at Hawk Hill. That said, we do have our share here in El Dorado County, the Sierras, as well as throughout all of Northern California. Beavers are often viewed in a negative light and quite frankly, they’ve brought it on themselves. You… [Continue Reading]
Photo by Oregon Dept Fish & Wildlife I was going to write about my love-hate relationship that I have with the deer here in the Northern California foothills. But as it turns out, I don’t have any hate for them at all. Does it bother me that the only way to truly have a blooming… [Continue Reading]
Dear Readers, if I have not contributed much to Beautiful Wildlife Garden over the past few weeks, here is just one of the reasons why: The freak Halloween nor’easter that hit New England on October 29th dumped 18″ of wet snow on our farm, wiped out our power for nearly a week, and caused… [Continue Reading]
I have a confession to make – bats are most welcome in my beautiful wildlife garden. They’ve made a home here for several years, but I’ve only had a single sighting in all of that time. So how do I know I have these beneficial mammals living in my yard? They leave me “presents” on… [Continue Reading]
During these warm, summer nights we see a ton of bats here in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. We affectionately call them night-birds and enjoy watching them fly and hunt effortlessly in the dark. After all, bats are fabulously beneficial. Bats’ graceful technique is partly due to a sensory perception they use called echolocation or… [Continue Reading]
Meet the Turtle Rabbit, a.k.a. the armadillo. It’s a familiar sight here in Texas, but the little mammal in these photos actually lives in Arkansas, where we visited last week. My sons were so in awe of the docile creature, which searched for ants and grubs under their shoes, that I decided to write about… [Continue Reading]
In case you haven’t figured it out, Spanish Needles (Bidens alba) is one of my favorite Florida wildflowers. This week again it didn’t disappoint when it comes to providing for the inhabitants of a beautiful wildlife garden. I was looking out the kitchen window and was pleased to see a bunny hopping through the garden…. [Continue Reading]
Warning: high cuteness factor ahead. I don’t know what made me look while I was driving my husband and daughter from my in-laws’ house in a gated golf course community, but something caught my eye. Immediately, I stopped because I spotted a pair of fox kits off the side of the road. My daughter, in… [Continue Reading]
A guest post by author Michael Nolan When the idea for the homestead first began to take shape I was blissfully unaware of the wildlife with which I shared the area. Over the coming weeks as winter began to lose its hold on the landscape I would slowly come to meet the native residents. I… [Continue Reading]
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