Deana Dossey

3 for sure native bees. Most potentially native bees foraging far from the trail today or did not hang around long. had to look really hard to find any and getting photo was challenging for me today.

logged a couple of obs on iNat. pretty sure also saw california digger bee and a small megachili species. The megachili seemed to be guarding wooly bee brush. will check phone camera to see if additional species are remotely clear and post if sort of okay...was at the garden for flower show so decided to look for bees before helping tear down show.

zilker garden. looked hard but only 1 very small native bee seen on blackfoot daisy in rose garden area (unable to get photo or be sure if carpenter or lasio with just eyes). plenty of honey bees and wasp varieties though. garden pretty crowded. 20+ ants (shiny acrobat?) milling all over bee box 9

Austin Nature Science Center. a little early and cloudy for much bee activity (930AM to 11 AM). Did see 2 abrupt digger bees at wall nesting site, but did not manage a good photo, but posted to iNat anyway. 3 native bee types seen.

learned past, but not looking currently active, site for ground nesting bees from a staff member. will continue to monitor for activity. Saw a few different species of native bees and documented in iNat. Only the abrupt digger bees allowed close approach today, with other native bees continuing to be cautious when people nearby.