Tag: flowers

• Flower-Eaters

  

  I have noticed something recently — birds seem to be eating flowers. Not just the nectar, or the pollen, or the fruit, but the actual petals. I don’t know if I never noticed this before, or if the behavior is due to the extremely dry winter that we’ve had. The first bird with a flower…

  Amy Law

  April 4, 2026

  Colorado Mileposts, Science Geek Blog

  Colorado nature, crow, flowers, goldfinch, House finch

• Pikas! Sort of…

  

  Tons of wildflowers, yay! Pika? Not so much. iNat Naturalists

  Amy Law

  August 31, 2025

  Colorado Mileposts, Science Geek Blog

  butterflies, chipmunk, Colorado, Colorado nature, flowers, hiking, nature, pika, Pika Patrol, Pika Project, sub-alpine

• Sleeping Bees

  

  Several years ago, I saw a charming photograph of two tiny bees curled up together, asleep, in a flower. Ever since then, I have been on a quest to photograph sleeping bees myself. (https://amylawscigeek.com/2021/08/08/sleeping-bees/) I’m not very good at identifying bees, but I think this is a honey bee. The reason I hesitate is because…

  Amy Law

  July 30, 2024

  Science Geek Blog

  bees, Colorado nature, flowers, gardening, honeybee, kidlit, native bees, nature, pollinators, sleeping bees