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Highlights of June

Agapanthus begins to bloom. Least tern chicks hatch, great blue heron chicks, gardens reach their peak.
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Orange sulphur chrysalis
White-lined sphinx larvae
Western tiger swallowtail
Salt marsh caterpillars
Assassin bug adults and nymphs
Katydid nymphs and adults
Green lynx bigger but still not adult size
Immature orb weavers
Long-horned bees
Southern masked chafers
Wasps and bees in abundance
Damsels and dragons
Red-shouldered bugs
Graybird grasshoppers mating
Silver argiopes
Baby goldfinches
Baby house finches
Humming bird nests and babies
Mocking bird nest and babies
Mourning dove nests and babies
Horned owl and babies
Least tern chicks
Baby coots
Great blue heron chicks
Shoulder-band snails
Narrow leaf milkweed in bloom
AgapanthusMexican amberwing - Perithemis intensaGray bird grasshopper - Schistocerca nitensGray bird grasshopper - Schistocerca nitensLeafhopper assassin bug - Zelus renardiiHarlequin bug - Murgantia histrionicaWestern tiger swallowtail - Papilio rutulusMourning cloak - Nymphalis antiopaAlfalfa looper moth - Autographa californicaSalt marsh moth - Estigmene acreaConvergent lady beetle - Hippodamia convergensBlack and yellow mud dauber - Sceliphron caementariumSonoran bumble bee - Bombus sonorusValley carpenter bee - Xylocopa sonorinaValley carpenter bee - Xylocopa sonorinaGreat Horned Owl - Bubo virginianusBarn Swallow - Hirundo rusticaNorthern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottosAmerican Goldfinch - Carduelis tristisGreat Blue Heron - Ardea herodias