By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Bird Song of the Day
Still with the Thrashers!
California Thrasher, Daley Ranch, San Diego, California, United States.
Contact information for plants: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From EM:
EM writes: “This year’s late spring rain came at an opportune time for our Monarda (Bee Balm), which has nearly reached 5 feet high. Hummingbirds are loving this. Zooming into the lower right corner of the Monarda stand one can see milkweed, planted last year, peeking out next to the coreopsis. Also, our first year to grow sunflowers. Sadly, each year it seems the bee population dwindles but we try our best to sustain them. For reference, standing at a mere 5′-3” is Mrs. “NYT_Memes”. Late June and early July have been hot in Beaverton as we wait for the A/C man to come to the rescue. I do not know if you prefer not having any humans in plant photos. I could retake if you wish since I also see that I cropped the top of the sunflowers, plus the red gladiolus is in the shade.”
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