more july wildlife

I find that the hummingbirds prefer the small-flowered canna....

It may not have as spectacular of a flower as the large flowered types... but... who cares when the pay-off on the small-flowers is in attracting these sweeties?

And visiting the salvia...

I totally avoid feeders... I feel like they harm the critters... makes getting pics a bit more of a challenge, but I'm not putting out GMO products or poisoned bird food... or helping spread bird diseases...

 Pigweed caterpillar, I've never seen these b4.

harlequin bug eating pigweed-caterpillar

Phlox... with butterfly.

Butterfly visits swamp hibiscus.

St Andrews Cross (Hypericum hypericoides ssp.)

 

Rhynchosia minima, snout bean...a natural wildflower

Buckeye butterfly visits winter-sown echinacea

Toad lily with bee

 

House lizard...

 

Got a better pic of the bird on her nest...

Babies...