Thats so cool!

duck on pond with puffy reddish head and white chest

2 female ducks on pond with reddish heads and brownish bodies

female duck on pond with reddish head and brown body looking for frogs to eat

Hooded Mergansers #ducks diving for frogs on the pond this morning. They made their annual appearance this week - a little early this year. #birding #kitsap No sightings of a male yet.

This is amazing

Blue-headed wood dove #birds #sandiegozoo crazy cool sound

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

oyster-shaped, fan-like caps and short or absent stems, growing in clusters on a dead aspen log

Oyster #mushrooms on the aspen across the seasonal pond. Looking forward to it being full of water again.

Willamette or Cascade hops. I'm not sure which one is on the right side with Nugget. #gardening

Northern Flicker & Junco #birding #kitsap

Took the kayak around Sinclair inlet yesterday. So many jellyfish! #kitsap

Douglas #squirrel or chickaree Tamiasciurus douglasii but we like to call them just Tami. #kitsap

Super cool!

Also heard "harry kahn" during countdown. Yikes

Crab #spider on coneflower #kitsap

Just wow!

I think we have far more than last year. We also have had a pair of crossbills for a year (a first), but no white throated for a few years and fewer golden crowned this the last 5 years.

It is dry as of last weekend. We have a few man made to keep the bids around. The wire covers on your baths are a great idea.

Yellow-faced #bumblebees on lavender

Birdie girl #catsofbluesky

Cross orb weaver spider #spider #kitsap

Bur-reed in our seasonal pond #kitsap #nativeplants

I had never heard about this variation / house finch possibility from diet etc. Super interesting. Thank you for sharing. I rarely see house finch in my area.

Dragons Blood sedum. Grew from seed 2 years ago. This was a great addition the sedum garden and an early bloomer. #gardening

Yellow fronted #bumblee #kitsap on lavender

Juvenile white-crowned sparrow. We have a lot this year #birds #birding #kitsap

First catnip harvest of the year. #kitsap #smallfarm #cats
Always a good idea to confirm your homemade or handmade item you buy actually is homemade or homegrown. Too many scams right now.

Thank you! Thats very cool! Ive found bumbles to be so various and hard to identify.

Yellow #bumblebee on monarda or bee balm #kitsap #wa

I think this is a yellow head #bumblebee on borage #kitsap #wa

Sitka #bumblebee lovely small bumble

Bumblebees on sea holly #gardening #bees #kitsap