Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

 

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.naba.org/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html

Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy

This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. 

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds have similar preferences. Flowers! Annual flowers, perennial flowers, vegetable flowers, flowers on fruit trees, herb flowers--you name it.

Catering to the hummingbirds and butterflies.

Though hummingbirds do prefer trumpet-shaped red flowers, like petunias. Butterflies prefer blue flowers, like lobelia.

So we have many baskets full of both flowers hanging or in borders.

The flowers are regularly visited by generations of Anna's hummingbirds that live and nest in our yard. The mom hummingbirds use spider webs to make the nest. They nests are so tiny, a little larger than the size of  a computer key.

Baby hummingbird in our Fruitless Mulberry tree.

We get Painted Lady butterflies, Monarchs, Swallowtails, Umber Skippers and the White Cabbage pictured above I noticed this afternoon. At least, these are the butterflies I have identified. I am a novice.

Dusky Skipper

Painted Lady on Rabbit Brush, grows naturally here.

Our home is in a rural area near Mojave Narrows Regional Park, so I can't take much credit for attracting the birds, bees, and butterflies. But I try to make them happy.

I'm glad to report our bees are very active and productive.

http://www.greatsunflower.org/

 I found this great site today. Maybe you would also like to participate. 

Thank you, Friend Bee, for pollinating the apricot trees. The apricots have been delicious!

This post is an excerpt from my blog:
MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening http://tayloreducational.blogspot.com/ 

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.naba.org/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html

Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy

This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. 

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds have similar preferences. Flowers! Annual flowers, perennial flowers, vegetable flowers, flowers on fruit trees, herb flowers--you name it.

Catering to the hummingbirds and butterflies.

Though hummingbirds do prefer trumpet-shaped red flowers, like petunias. Butterflies prefer blue flowers, like lobelia.

So we have many baskets full of both flowers hanging or in borders.

The flowers are regularly visited by generations of Anna's hummingbirds that live and nest in our yard. The mom hummingbirds use spider webs to make the nest. They nests are so tiny, a little larger than the size of  a computer key.

Baby hummingbird in our Fruitless Mulberry tree.

We get Painted Lady butterflies, Monarchs, Swallowtails, Umber Skippers and the White Cabbage pictured above I noticed this afternoon. At least, these are the butterflies I have identified. I am a novice.

Dusky Skipper

Painted Lady on Rabbit Brush, grows naturally here.

Our home is in a rural area near Mojave Narrows Regional Park, so I can't take much credit for attracting the birds, bees, and butterflies. But I try to make them happy.

I'm glad to report our bees are very active and productive.

http://www.greatsunflower.org/

 I found this great site today. Maybe you would also like to participate. 

Thank you, Friend Bee, for pollinating the apricot trees. The apricots have been delicious!

This post is an excerpt from my blog:
MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening http://tayloreducational.blogspot.com/ 

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.naba.org/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html

Nature, My Garden, and Me: Bee Brunch

This fruit station was actually set up for butterflies, but my illustrious bees found it first. Slices of oranges, apples and banana attract several insects and I plan to add a little Orange Tang to the sponge. The apple has been there for a day and is probably making hard cider by now. 

That shot of the apple with several bees looks like a pub in Sam Adams' day! The rocks in the bird bath look like the bees having a holiday at the river. Bees don't swim well and need traction to get a drink on a summer's day. 

This is our Butterfly Garden in the High Desert of SoCal.

Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy

This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. 

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds have similar preferences. Flowers! Annual flowers, perennial flowers, vegetable flowers, flowers on fruit trees, herb flowers--you name it.

Catering to the hummingbirds and butterflies.

Though hummingbirds do prefer trumpet-shaped red flowers, like petunias. Butterflies prefer blue flowers, like lobelia.

So we have many baskets full of both flowers hanging or in borders.

The flowers are regularly visited by generations of Anna's hummingbirds that live and nest in our yard. The mom hummingbirds use spider webs to make the nest. They nests are so tiny, a little larger than the size of  a computer key.

Baby hummingbird in our Fruitless Mulberry tree.

We get Painted Lady butterflies, Monarchs, Swallowtails, Umber Skippers and the White Cabbage pictured above I noticed this afternoon. At least, these are the butterflies I have identified. I am a novice.

Dusky Skipper

Painted Lady on Rabbit Brush, grows naturally here.

Our home is in a rural area near Mojave Narrows Regional Park, so I can't take much credit for attracting the birds, bees, and butterflies. But I try to make them happy.

I'm glad to report our bees are very active and productive.

http://www.greatsunflower.org/ 

 I found this great site today. Maybe you would also like to participate. 

Thank you, Friend Bee, for pollinating the apricot trees. The apricots have been delicious!

This post is an excerpt from my blog:
MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening http://tayloreducational.blogspot.com/

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

 

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.naba.org/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

 

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.naba.org/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html 

Summer Bump Not Slump: For Budding Environmental Scientists

 

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html 

Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy

This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. 

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds have similar preferences. Flowers! Annual flowers, perennial flowers, vegetable flowers, flowers on fruit trees, herb flowers--you name it.

Catering to the hummingbirds and butterflies.

Though hummingbirds do prefer trumpet-shaped red flowers, like petunias. Butterflies prefer blue flowers, like lobelia.

So we have many baskets full of both flowers hanging or in borders.

The flowers are regularly visited by generations of Anna's hummingbirds that live and nest in our yard. The mom hummingbirds use spider webs to make the nest. They nests are so tiny, a little larger than the size of  a computer key.

Baby hummingbird in our Fruitless Mulberry tree.

We get Painted Lady butterflies, Monarchs, Swallowtails, Umber Skippers and the White Cabbage pictured above I noticed this afternoon. At least, these are the butterflies I have identified. I am a novice.

Dusky Skipper

Painted Lady on Rabbit Brush, grows naturally here.

Our home is in a rural area near Mojave Narrows Regional Park, so I can't take much credit for attracting the birds, bees, and butterflies. But I try to make them happy.

I'm glad to report our bees are very active and productive.

http://www.greatsunflower.org/

 I found this great site today. Maybe you would also like to participate. 

Thank you, Friend Bee, for pollinating the apricot trees. The apricots have been delicious!

This post is an excerpt from my blog:
MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening http://tayloreducational.blogspot.com/