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Visitors to the Gardens
Bird baths bring lots of visitors to my gardens Two types of Blue Jays taking their turn in the bird bath Are you the type of gardener who loves visitors? Visits from birds, animals, insects and...
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Mule Deer don’t always have to Munch
Do you love to see deer but don’t want them to become daily dinner guests in the wildlife garden? One of the most frequent wildlife visitors we have in our yard are Mule Deer, sometimes more than a...
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Christmas among the Ponderosas
A few inches of powdery snow glistens on Christmas Day. Today is Christmas and it is beautiful in the Ponderosa Pine forest where I live. We were lucky enough to get a few inches of snow overnight to...
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Enter the Gentle Green Hills of San Simeon, California
Deer in San Simeon, CA, Photo by kathy Vilim Walking along a trail with my camera, I was hoping to come upon some wildlife to photograph, when I felt eyes upon me. I looked up and there, right in...
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The Wildlife at Los Liones
Blue Jay, Los Liones Canyon, Topanga State Park, Photo by Kathy Vilim A blue jay looks down at me from the branch of a tree up high, poised to eat a toyon berry. A family of quail pass by me unafraid....
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Quirky Signs Along the Trail
Greenleaf Interpretive Trail Sign, Topanga Canyon, Photo by Kathy Vilim A quirky hand-painted sign greeted me and told me that I was entering the Greenleaf Interpretive trail, created by the Keepers...
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Scary Things Lurking in the Grass
Pacific Poison Oak, Rhus Toxicodendron diversilobum, Photo credit: Las Pilitas Nursery It’s Halloween, and all things SCARY take center stage. Here in California’s Santa Monica Mountains I ponder what...
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Is It Time to Ditch That Lawn?
Deer Running through Wildlife Corridor in Topanga State Park, CA, Photo by: venturacountytrails.org It is so dry that deer have appeared on the Pepperdine lawn. Anyone who has spent any time in Malibu...
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Vital Velvet Mesquite II
In this summer month when the mesquite pods begin to ripen, I have been discussing mesquite in a number of my blogs (see list at the end of this article). The naturally sweet seed pods of the native...
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