Just after the Summer Solstice, long days allow plenty of time to garden and enjoy the abundant wildlife. Here are the birds and insects I spotted. I’ll add plants, frogs, and more later.

I’ve figured out how to allow you to click on an image and see it in the full size that I uploaded. Enjoy!

Birds

Bluejay
young Bluebird
Goldfinch
House Finches

Pollinators and other Insects

Four-Toothed Mason Wasp
Scarlet Plant Bug
Humpbacked Beewolf
saintly Blue Dasher Dragonfly
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Clubbed Midas Fly
Bumblebee
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
American Lady Butterfly
she’s furry!
Smoky Winged Beetle Bandit
Large Milkweed Bugs
First Monarch visits Butterfly Milkweed