Abkhazi Garden

Abkhazi Garden is one of my favorites in Victoria. Despite being small, there always seems to be something interesting to photograph.

Soon after we entered the garden today I spotted this Goldenrod Crab Spider with a fly it had caught. They generally vary in color from white to yellow. This one was quite pale yellow.

And fall is the time to see more Cross Orbweavers.

There are some beehives in the garden and honey bees were busy visiting flowers while they lasted.

There were still quite a few flowers around. These autumn crocuses look a lot like the spring ones.

I liked the pattern of leaves on this succulent.

The sun wasn't quite warm enough for the turtles to be out sunning, but this one was quite active swimming around and occasionally sticking its head out to look around.

At one point I heard a bird call that sounded vaguely familiar. Shelley spotted it high up at the top of a dead tree. From the dark spot on its neck I thought it might be a Northern Flicker and the telephoto lens confirmed it. Usually you see Flickers on the ground rather than perched in trees. The angle from below revealed why they're called red-shafted.