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Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

Earth Day is officially April 22, 2008. While celebrating our planet on this day is a nice idea, it’s even nicer to implement earth-friendly ideas throughout the year, every day if possible. With spring and summer right around the corner, it’s easy to do things to help you, your family and the environment.

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Praying Mantis on a Hummingbird Feeder

Originally uploaded by madaise.

I was washing dishes and saw this little praying mantis on one of the hummingbird feeders. Try as I might, I could not get a good clear image of the mantid.
At one point, Cas thought he was sleeping – but I told her I thought it was watching

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Little Hummers

Originally uploaded by Jhaan.

Surfing photos at flickr.com and came across this one of two little hummingbirds. What a beautiful little nest…

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Birds Abound

I added a new bird bath to the back yard.  I found a really nice plant saucer, red even, in hopes of attracting hummingbirds to it, since they like the color red.  It’s nearing the end of May and I have yet to see even one.  I thought I took a few pictures of it,

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Attracting Orioles with an Oriole Nectar Feeder

Attracting Orioles
Similar to other homemade wild bird and butterfly nectar recipes, Oriole nectar requires only two main ingredients; water and white sugar.
Oriole nectar feeders are available through wild bird retail shops. Feeders are similar in look to a hummingbird feeder, but are orange rather than red and have larger feeding holes. Designs vary, but some

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A Toad

I’m not sure if it’s a Fowler’s Toad or an American Toad.  I didn’t get any closer than to take a few blurry photos.  I was pretty excited to see this little guy.  He was hanging out right between the toad abode and the shallow water dish I set up under the water dripper. 

We had

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