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READER PHOTOS! Wildlife in a California garden

comments (6) December 27th, 2010 in blogs

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to send in photos of wildlife in your garden, and Pam Wittenberg from Santa Rosa, California, had a bunch to share! She says, "Here are some pics of the wildlife in our garden. We, too, get hawks feeding on the songbirds in our garden. There's one pic of a hawk feasting up in a tree. They get very mad when we watch them too much and glare at us from the creek! I just hope they don't grab any of the baby turkeys that visit our yard. I also included some more common visitors - a baby possum, a few proud turkeys, an orb weaver spider with his honeybee meal safely stored away, a recently molted cicada hanging out on a Tiarella blossom, and a teeny tiny snail in the late afternoon sun." Thanks, Pam, for sharing your visitors with us!

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LynnBay writes: I am thrilled with the photos! My daughter is a Vet. and wildlife rehabber and I have shared my home with a few strange animals such as hawks, skunks, and rats(got to feed the ezgles something!) I watch bald eagles fly above our home every day and feel blessed! Posted: 4:27 pm on December 29th

sheilaschultz writes: Your photo is beautiful, Pam. We're high and dry in Denver and the only wildlife in our backyard are the devil squirrels that girdle our trees just for pure amusement! Posted: 11:19 pm on December 27th

wittyone writes: The pictures of the animals are really wonderful but even better are the bits of green in the pictures. Here in Indiana we are covered with much more snow than usual and much colder temperatures. Seems like spring will never get here again. Posted: 3:00 pm on December 27th

arboretum writes: terrific shots, pam. thanks so much for sharing them. what is the single baby bird?
best,
mindy Posted: 2:58 pm on December 27th

JAABA writes: These photos are warmly welcomed! We have so much snow here in Kentucky. We are blessed with many birds at our feeders though. Posted: 2:29 pm on December 27th

heresgreenie writes: Beautiful pics of wildlife Pam! Thanks so much for sharing them with us. Really enjoyed the great photography. Posted: 12:56 pm on December 27th

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Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!

Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.