Candy-Striped Leafhopper

This is the first time I have seen this bug in our garden, it is a Candy-Striped Leafhopper, which is very pretty but eats the leaves…

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Red Aphids

After a rain, I went out to look at the back garden and saw our small sunflower plant covered with these little red bugs…turns out they are a kind of aphids, which can kill the leaves…

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Cardinal Eggs!

We’ve been seeing cardinals go in and out of our Forsythia bush in our backyard recently, and I just found their nest! It has 3 eggs in it…

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Three Crows

The crows gather in nearby trees all around our neighborhood, like these ones here…seeing 3 is supposed to symbolize good fortune:

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Leek Flowers

We planted a leek maybe 3 years ago and it still comes up every year! It is quite tall now and the seed pod containing the flowers has now opened, and the butterflies love it:

leek seed pod opening
2 butterflies enjoying the leek flowers…and yes those are aphids in the background

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Interesting Mushroom

This Spring when my mom and I went for a walk in a nearby wood, I discovered this interesting mushroom:

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Hawk in the Trees

Yesterday I heard and saw this hawk in the trees behind our house. It sounded like it was being chased by crows!

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