For an extra 'winged treat,' add monarch butterflies to your backyard. It's easy!
Beautiful Monarchs - Certified Wildlife Habitat's picture.
Our backyard is a certified wildlife habitat. This passed summer we had the joy of adding another species, that is, raising majestic monarch butterflies. Depending on the cycle growth of their host milkweed plants, our yard was nature filled with an abundance of butterflies. Thank you cousin Gina Papadakis for your inspiration and how-to pictures.
Went to Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary today. Had the most amazing educational discussion with Uyen Tran, curator and graduate student of CSUF in animal behavior sciences. She was absolutely informative about our area birds. We had a discussion about many bird types. I learned why most likely we are not able to attract red-winged black birds to our yard. They prefer areas closer to the water, she said. Hence, now that I think about it, I always see them in Y.L. yards and businesses situated closer to our local Santa Ana River. Also, the Anna's and Costas hummingbirds are the only two hummingbirds that have a song. Anna's hummingbirds are local to Yorba Linda, Costas are not. Do you have an Anna's hummingbird singing in your yard? Hear their songs. Click here > Anna's Song
