Wildlife at Yerba Buena Nursery
Native Plant Demonstration Garden | Wildlife at Yerba Buena NurseryThe pristine mountain environment around the nursery is home to a rich ecosystem. We commonly see various creatures around the nursery. Here are some of the ones we happened to catch on camera:
 Baby raccoons with our hose |
 Great Egret in Oak (Quercus agrifolia) |
 Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly |
 Common Buckeye Butterfly (male) |
 Red Dragonfly |
 Larva on Salix scouleriana |
 Pacific Tree Frog |
 Crane Flies (mating) |
 California Sister Butterfly on Romneya coulteri |
 West Coast Lady Butterfly on Erigeron 'Wayne Roderick' |
 Western Pond Turtle in Demonstration Garden |
 Jouvenile Anna'a Hummingbird enjoying Ribes 'Barrie Coate' |
 Caterpillars in nest on Scrophularia californica |
 Banana Slug on Achillea millefolium |
 Bumble Bee on Buckwheat flower cluster |
 Swallowtail Butterfly, freshly hatched, on Chaparral Mallow |
 Common Buckeye Butterfly, underside (female) |
 Common Buckeye Butterfly, top (female) |
 Baby raccoon amongst Manzanitas for sale |
 Pacific Giant Salamander (read more) |
 Great Blue Heron |
 A mother deer and her two babies |
 Baby deer alert to his surroundings |