The local bees' entry for #stunday - think this is a digger bee on an elegant clarkia #wildflower 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #nature #macro #bees #outdoors #flowers #pink

The antennae of a leaf-cutter bee, because that's what the #camera wanted to take a picture of 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #bees #LeaveNoTraceScience

An Andrena #bee on a #WeekYforYellow woolly sunflower 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #bees #alphabetchallenge

#joy ...a #fuzzy little guy making the world go round #BlueSkyArtShow 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #nature #macro #outdoors #blooms #bees

Not too many #legs are required when sipping nectar. (Another shot of the cuckoo #bee #garden visitor). 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms #bloomscrolling

Well prepared for #mountaineering This #bumblebee is likely a male Bombus vosnesenskii or Bombus caliginosis, both of which have yellow faces. 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #nature #macro #outdoors #bees #LeaveNoTraceScience

#blueskyartshow #underneath A Mexican grass-carrying wasp in the #garden visits #flowers of a woolly #sunflower. This is a pretty #small wasp. 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms #bloomscrolling

A mason #bee visiting a woolly sunflower #plant 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms #bloomscrolling #sparkly

Never tire of blue-green mason #bees, this one again visiting a native phacelia #wildflower 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms #bloomscrolling

A halictid (sweat) bee forages for nectar in the flower of a western thistle 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms #bloomscrolling #bees #pink

A black-necked stilt also from yesterday at Bothin Marsh in Marin County, California #birds #shorebirds #birdsseenin2025 #nature #wildlife #photography

One more of snowy #egret. Today at Bothin Marsh in Marin County, California #birds #birdsseenin2025 #nature #wildlife #photography #shorebirds

This snowy #egret showed me how it's done today in Bothin Marsh Preserve in Marin County, California #birds #shorebirds #birdsseenin2025 #nature #wildlife #photography

Another shot of the cuckoo #bee. Love those #knees 🌿🐙 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #flowers #gardening #nature #macro #habitat #outdoors #blooms

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUp A little cuckoo #bee ascends a woolly sunshine #flower One tip that this is a bee and not a wasp is the hairs on the thorax. 🌿🐙 #gardening #wildlife #nature #insectthursday #macro #photography

Another blue-green mason #bee for #worldbeeday. It is visiting a #native phacelia. Phacelias are #wildflowers that can be a bit weedy, but which bring blue-green bees to our #garden every year. 🐙🌿 #nature #photography #macro #pollinators #bees #gardening #flowers #wildlife

A mason #bee in the blue-green group on a #native phacelia for #stunday 🌿🐙 #willdlife #gardening #photography #macro #nature #wildflowers #flowerreport #pollinators #bloomscrolling

Mason #bees seem to spend a lot of time cleaning up after visiting #flowers #insectthursday #nature #wildlife #pollinators 🌿🐙 #outdoors #macro #photography

Such a #furry #face this little #skipper has, at rest on a #native #thistle. Besides the thistle's flower heads being a favorite of #caterpillars, its #fluffy #down is carried off by different creatures. 🌿🐙 #insects #photography #macromonday #flowers #outdoors #gardening #butterflies

This might be a ligated furrow #bee 🌿🐙 #bees #insects #photography #macro #flowers #bloomscrolling #pink #yellow #outdoors

#blueskyartshow A #damsel (maybe a Tule damsel) in its #green #habitat, eating something #green Love seeing them in the #garden because means plentiful #insect biomass foundation 🌿🐙 #willdlife #gardening #photography #macro #nature

The right #bee for the #job I think this is a little masked bee visiting a #native #flax #wildflower (Linum lewisii) 🌿🐙 #wildlife #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #pollinators

nom nom nom...pollen! 🌿🐙 #nature #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #bees #gardening

A bit of puff along with #blueskymonday #nature #outdoors #photography 🌿

For #macromonday, going with these enthusiastic #phacelia #buds and #Andrena #bee 🌿🐙 #wildlife #photography #flowers #nativeplants #gardening #outdoors

This is the same #Andrena #solitary #bee species as in previous post. It is a pretty small bee, as the #plant it's using (Rhamnus crocea) has very small leaves & #flowers. 🐙🌿 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #outdoors

So, usually when I see this degree of #comb-over, I tell my patients that they might want to consider either some self-esteem work or medical intervention to address This #beauty is an #Andrena using a #native #salvia #nature #macro #photography #bees #pollinators #wildlife #flowers 🌿 #gardening

#spring is for #flowers #spring is for #bees no more pining for #macro #opportunitees #wildlife #gardening 🌿 #bugsky #photography #outdoors #nature

a mason #bee in the sun #pollinators #insects #wildlife #bees #photography #macro #gardening #bugsky

a little white breasted nuthatch surfin the street tree #nuthatch #birdsseenin2025 #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #outdoors

a little mason bee #bees #pollinators #acoloradaypril #limegreen #gardening #wildlife #photography #alphabetchallenge #pattern #sparkly #macro

#acoloradaypril #polllinators #bugsky 🌿 #bees #valley #carpenter #bee #flowers #gardening #invertebrates #superpowers

#macromonday #pollinators #bees #gardening #flowers #wildlife #bugsky 🌿 #outdoors #entomology

Same #bee as previous post #wildlife #macrophotography 🌿 #pollinators #bees #nature #bugsky

Think this might also be a #mason #bee It's on a Ericameria linarifolia #wildlife #macrophotography 🌿 #pollinators #bees #nature #bugsky

How to approach a #lupine #wildlife #bees #mason #bee #macrophotography #flowers 🌿 #entomology #pollinators #gardening

My candidate for the #cadillacofbees, the valley #carpenter #bee This honkin fella is nearly an inch long. Anybody got a better candidate for the crown? #wildlife #macrophotography #flowers #bugsky #bees #inaturalist #gardening #outdoors #pollinators

Another #beautiful #mason #bee enjoying a native #plant 🌿 #outdoors #wildlife #macrophotography #nature #bugsky #invertebrates

Another view of #towhead #longhorn #bee I think this bee usually only visits when the native #salvia is in #bloom for about six weeks each #spring #bugsky #invertebrates #pollinators #wildlife #macrophotography #blonde #outdoors #gardening

#Longhorn #bee with a fresh crew cut #invertebrates #bees #pollinators #nature #macrophotography #outdoors #gardening #bugsky #wildlife #platinum #blonde

Hard to get tired of looking at #mason #bees 🌿 #entomology #pollinators #garden #invertebrates #flowers #macrophotography #outdoors

probably a western fence lizard #addHerper #nature #wildlife #macrophotography #lizard #gardeningforwildlife

Happy to report that this little Anna's #hummingbird is a fledge from a #nest in my yard. Is about 6-weeks old in these photos. #addbirder #nature 🌿 #birds #wildlife #macrophotography #gardeningforwildlife

Where is the nectar? #bees #bugsky #entomology #invertebrates #inaturalist #bumblebee #nature #macrophotography #flowers (This could be a yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) queen on a pacific pea. Alternatively, could be Bombus caliginosus queen.)

One of my favorite parts of #Spring are these #jewels #bees #macro #nature #entomology #bugsky This #mason #bee is visiting a #native #salvia melifera

#nature #bees #naturephotography a little #mason #bee taking shelter in a ribes malvaceum (currant) leaf

a six-week old Anna's hummingbird in the garden