Many postings are narrowly focused. This one wanders.
This Song Sparrow is one of the many birds busily catching bugs and ferrying them to its chicks.
I have seen the Western Tiger Swallowtail a few times of late; this is the first time I managed a picture.
It and the Pale Swallowtail were sipping nutrients from wet sand beside the Lake.
The instant the Sun appeared from behind a cloud, the flowers of the deer brush become alive with insects. Some were too fast for me to photograph, but here are a few that cooperated. The abdomen of this leaf-cutter bee is festooned with the cream-coloured pollen it is collecting.
A hover fly rests on a leaf between its visits to flowers. Hover flies often mimic bees as a defence against birds.
In a fight lasting only seconds, one mining (?) bee attacked another.
The prettiest bees are the cuckoo bees. They are nearly hairless and are often painted scarlet, lemon, or orange.
Excellent macro photography..