Some visitors and inhabitants of our garden:

The bold squirrels exasperate us, but also entertain us.	The rabbits are a pain.  They have eaten our pansies, marigolds, creeping phlox and even a gumpo azalea.	This chipmunk is gorging himself at the foot of our birdfeeder.

Black swallowtail butterflies love our lantana	As do the tiger swallowtail butterfiles	Fritillary butterfly on our echinacea

Our birdfeeders have given us much enjoyment.  Here Mr. Cardinal is joined by a black-capped chickadee.	Mr. Towhee enjoying his meal.	Mrs. Towhee coming to eat.

The hummingbirds love our cypress vine	and come to our hummingbird feeder.	This praying mantis in our garden was 4 inches long.

Mr. Cardinal again	Note Mrs. Cardinal on the deck waiting her turn for the bluejay to finish.	The mockingbird with his amazing songs visits us often.

Birds aren't the only thirsty ones.  This is one of our friendly neighborhood vole catchers.	And here is another one. We are happy that they patrol our yard.	This guy, ready to take a drink, dug holes all over our yard.

We love the colorful goldfinches.	They love our thistle feeder	and our birdbath.

One day this big turtle appeared in our lawn.	We have no idea where he came from.	He doesn't look too friendly

More birds at our birdbath:  mourning doves	Mrs. Towhee taking a bath while Mr. Towhee waits his turn	Yellow shafted flickers feeding among our flowers

Other birds that visit us include nuthatches, tufted titmice, wrens, thrashers, catbirds, thrushes, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles, finches and sparrows.

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