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This morning was the first clear, bright morning after several cold, rainy days -the pair of full size Loquat trees on the block that had their buds on slow/hold before, had now burst into masses of nectar-filled flowers and were buzzing with several hundred bees as well as a number of Audubon’s (warblers, and 5 or 6 Allen’s hummingbirds constantly jockeying to claim dominion.
In addition, I saw one of our resident-on-this-block CA Brown towhees drop in and run under adjacent shrubs.
It was so busy, I thought it seemed a bit like if the only Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks in town had just reopened!
Male.
One, of two, Large Carpenter Bees posted on this date. The other was a female.
Warm day, temps in the 70's, and this guy came out to forage on Mistflowers.
Ignore the Crab Spider that appears in some of the photos with the bee.