The 10.5-acre Regional Parks Botanic Garden, tucked into a valley in Tilden Regional Park, grows native plants from around the state — and attracts birds from far and wide. A Botanic Garden Bird Survey Team has found each of the following species in the garden in the last few years:
A female Anna’s hummingbird sucking nectar of a Humboldt’s lily. Golden-crowned sparrow.A Steller’s jay with an acorn.
A spotted towhee.A black phoebe catching and swallowing a bee.A dark-eyed junco feasting on Nevin’s barberry.An American robin (female) with an earthworm for her chicks.Red-breasted sapsucker.A lesser goldfinch on Fort Miller clarkia.
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