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Attracts Bees

@attractsbees.com
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PNW Birder & catnip grower located inside the Kitsap Peninsula. All photos are on my hobby farm unless noted. Collector of Monarda. Sounders, Seahawks, COYS. Principal TCSM @Proof

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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 01/08/2026
I was obsessed with this for quite some time.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 27/05/2026
Update
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 22/05/2026
Ground cone port orchard wa Olympic Peninsula WA
Bright yellow 2'h parasitize salal root looks just like a douglas fir cone
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 16/05/2026
Swinging chickens are the best!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 12/02/2026
Thats so cool!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 12/02/2026
Hooded Mergansers #ducks diving for frogs on the pond this morning. They made their annual appearance this week - a little early this year. #birding #kitsap No sightings of a male yet.
duck on pond with puffy reddish head and white chest2 female ducks on pond with reddish heads and brownish bodies female duck on pond with reddish head and brown body looking for frogs  to eat
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 30/01/2026
This is amazing
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 17/01/2026
Blue-headed wood dove #birds #sandiegozoo crazy cool sound
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Jen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 06/09/2025
Oyster #mushrooms on the aspen across the seasonal pond. Looking forward to it being full of water again.
oyster-shaped, fan-like caps and short or absent stems, growing in clusters on a dead aspen log
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 31/08/2025
Willamette or Cascade hops. I'm not sure which one is on the right side with Nugget. #gardening
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 28/08/2025
Northern Flicker & Junco #birding #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 25/08/2025
Took the kayak around Sinclair inlet yesterday. So many jellyfish! #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 14/08/2025
Douglas #squirrel or chickaree Tamiasciurus douglasii but we like to call them just Tami. #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 12/08/2025
Super cool!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 10/08/2025
Also heard "harry kahn" during countdown. Yikes
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 09/08/2025
Crab #spider on coneflower #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 02/08/2025
Just wow!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 02/08/2025
I think we have far more than last year. We also have had a pair of crossbills for a year (a first), but no white throated for a few years and fewer golden crowned this the last 5 years.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 02/08/2025
It is dry as of last weekend. We have a few man made to keep the bids around. The wire covers on your baths are a great idea.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 31/07/2025
Yellow-faced #bumblebees on lavender
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 30/07/2025
Birdie girl #catsofbluesky
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 29/07/2025
Cross orb weaver spider #spider #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 27/07/2025
Bur-reed in our seasonal pond #kitsap #nativeplants
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 27/07/2025
I had never heard about this variation / house finch possibility from diet etc. Super interesting. Thank you for sharing. I rarely see house finch in my area.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 26/07/2025
Dragons Blood sedum. Grew from seed 2 years ago. This was a great addition the sedum garden and an early bloomer. #gardening
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 23/07/2025
Yellow fronted #bumblee #kitsap on lavender
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 23/07/2025
Juvenile white-crowned sparrow. We have a lot this year #birds #birding #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 22/07/2025
First catnip harvest of the year. #kitsap #smallfarm #cats Always a good idea to confirm your homemade or handmade item you buy actually is homemade or homegrown. Too many scams right now.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 19/07/2025
Thank you! Thats very cool! Ive found bumbles to be so various and hard to identify.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 19/07/2025
Yellow #bumblebee on monarda or bee balm #kitsap #wa
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 19/07/2025
I think this is a yellow head #bumblebee on borage #kitsap #wa
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 18/07/2025
Sitka #bumblebee lovely small bumble
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 18/07/2025
Bumblebees on sea holly #gardening #bees #kitsap
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 18/07/2025
Bumblebees on our catnip
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 12/07/2025
Some of my favorite types of bee balm or monarda I have. Im partial to Jacob Cline (the tall red one) due to the Rufous attraction so I have that in a lot of areas. #gardening
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 12/07/2025
Oregon sedum or stonecrop, nodding onion, goldenrod & the tall oregon grape - which are loaded this year. They won't be for long. #kitsap #wa #nativeplants
The plant, known by the common name Oregon stonecrop,  grows in many types of rocky habitat, including coastal bluffs and cliffs and the talus of higher inland mountains. Bright yellow flowersAllium cernuum, known as nodding onion or lady's leek,[4] is a perennial plant in the genus Allium. It grows in open areas in North America.A perennial with long, creeping rhizomes and hairy on upper parts found on roadsides, meadows, thickets, bluffs, forest openings or edges. plant in the family Berberidaceae. It is an evergreen shrub growing up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall. Blue small grape berries
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 11/07/2025
This is why i joined bluesky and the birders. Awesome
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 11/07/2025
Ill prob take you up on that! Im in port orchard. Also have a lot of natives as well and happy to share. We should plant swap in fall if that works.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 11/07/2025
Thats cool
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 10/07/2025
So cool! We have a pair here in summer, but we never see the babies
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 10/07/2025
Cool pic!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 10/07/2025
Super cute!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 10/07/2025
You did a great job!
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 09/07/2025
I will gladly give or send you some free seeds directly from laat years crop. Im in port orchard. Feel free to dm me.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 09/07/2025
Looks fabulous
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 09/07/2025
Good year for catnip growing. Loaded with bumbles and that is ultimately the point. We are reforesting to the right side of the growing area and its just so cool to watch. #kitsap #gardening
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 06/07/2025
Thank you! Me too. I let it seed all over and it never disappoints.
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 05/07/2025
A lot of blue in the front garden #gardening
Chicory along stone path in my front garden Chicory and red crocosmiaBlue hydrangea and day lilyBig blue sea holly. A bee favorite
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Attracts Bees @attractsbees.com · 03/07/2025
Columbia lily along the pond. Lilium columbianum #nativeflowers #nativeplants #kitsap
perennial herb[7] that grows up to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall, and bears from few to numerous orange flowers with darker spots. The tepals are 3 to 6 cm long and the flowers are lightly scentedperennial herb[7] that grows up to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall, and bears from few to numerous orange flowers with darker spots. The tepals are 3 to 6 cm long and the flowers are lightly scented
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