Tag Archives: beebalm

Wood thrush and cardinal song. A male...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 9, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Wood thrush and cardinal song. A male hummingbird chases a silver-spotted skipper off the beebalm, then retreats to a dead branch to preen.

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Fire sirens in the valley. On a beebalm...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 30, 2011 at 11:34 am

Fire sirens in the valley. On a beebalm stem, right under the scarlet inflorescence, a beard of spittlebug froth catches the sun.

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Cloudy and cool. Up to its snout in...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 12, 2010 at 8:23 am

Cloudy and cool. Up to its snout in grass, a deer sneezes. The quiet squeaks of a hummingbird circling the beebalm.

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The first beebalm’s forked, scarlet...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 25, 2010 at 7:53 am

The first beebalm’s forked, scarlet tongues. Nearby on a still-green bergamot bud, a netwing beetle’s antennae test the sudden sunlight.

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Come hummingbird and bring some glitter...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 23, 2009 at 9:07 am

Come hummingbird and bring some glitter to this damp gray morning, buzz around the bergamot, pizzazz at the beebalm’s one bedraggled bloom.

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