Berkeleysider Diana Howard created this sketch of what she found while preparing the dirt in her garden for planting this spring.

“I am particularly excited about seeing a Rufous hummingbird, which is a new one for me (usually you get the Allen’s or Anna’s kind). Don’t know how I feel about that scary-looking (yellow & black) Jerusalem cricket though,” she wrote.

Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...