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Less than 30 days after the chorus frogs began mating on the Spring Solstice in the Frog Mitigation Area. Hundreds of tadpoles have already hatched from their egg sacs.
Yet many egg sacs have not yet yielded their bounty. Every back of the...
by 6412093
on Sat Apr 20, 2019 at 06:13 AM PDT
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The chorus frogs have returned to the Frog Mitigation Area again this Spring. These tiny native frogs first occupied two small ponds in my backyard five years ago.
The males usually arrive by ones and twos in late February. but they didn’t show...
by 6412093
on Sun Mar 24, 2019 at 06:06 AM PDT
with 66 Recommends
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The two brothers looked out from their penthouse at their priceless view of Manhattan, but both watched the clock turn over to 7:15:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
The afternoon shadows swept in that September afternoon and the sky darkened.
“It’s...
by 6412093
on Wed Dec 19, 2018 at 06:25 AM PST
with 28 Recommends
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The Western Chorus peeper frogs have migrated back to their birth ponds for another mating season in Northwest Oregon. Every dusk for three weeks, about a dozen male frogs assemble along the ...
by 6412093
on Mon Apr 02, 2018 at 06:06 AM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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The chorus frogs haven’t shown up in the Frog Mitigation Area in my side yard. Good!
It gives me time to pretty up the area for my jade-green guests, and to prepare the ponds and creek to house ...
by 6412093
on Sat Feb 10, 2018 at 06:54 AM PST
with 31 Recommends
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The daylight hours erode. Yet some plants remain perky. And in the yet-again renovated Frog Mitigation Area, the autumn shadows soften the stark lines.
The water lily fights to flower one more ...
by 6412093
on Sat Oct 14, 2017 at 06:44 AM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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I dug out and maintain two fishless small ponds and a short connecting creek in my back yard. I keep fish out because the tiny native chorus frogs breed there. The frogs, and their tadpoles and ...
by 6412093
on Sat Aug 19, 2017 at 06:03 AM PDT
with 42 Recommends
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Gaia was clever when she created the lily pad. Many tiny critters exploit its access to surface waters for bathing and drinking, like this Junco.
We love the Junco Enviromental Trust waters!
by 6412093
on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 05:10 AM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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The Daily Bucket
is a nature refuge.
We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us.
Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.
The Bucket is a place to discuss what...
by 6412093
on Fri Apr 14, 2017 at 05:56 AM PDT
with 20 Recommends
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The Daily Bucket
is a nature refuge.
We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us.
Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.
The Bucket is a place to discuss what...
by 6412093
on Wed Mar 29, 2017 at 06:26 AM PDT
with 41 Recommends
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U nidentified F roggie-like O bjects are the UFOs referenced here, of course. Every Dusk I slip outside to the Frog Mitigation Area, where dozens of local tree frogs croak vigorously and loudly ...
by 6412093
on Tue Mar 21, 2017 at 06:33 AM PDT
with 43 Recommends
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The Daily Bucket
is a nature refuge.
We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us.
Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.
The Bucket is a place to discuss what...
by 6412093
on Thu Feb 16, 2017 at 10:58 AM PST
with 35 Recommends
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I live in the suburbs west of Portland Oregon, 140 feet above sea level, on the side of a long-extinct, eroded, 1000-foot-tall volcanic ridge. The nearby houses and towering trees obscure the ...
by 6412093
on Mon Jan 23, 2017 at 06:27 AM PST
with 34 Recommends
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I pulled the car into my driveway on February 28. Mrs. Redwoodwoman opened the car door, and an uneasy expression spread across her face. She turned to me.
“Is all of that, ah, ours?” She ...
by 6412093
on Mon Mar 07, 2016 at 06:01 AM PST
with 44 Recommends
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Honorable Minor Matters Court of the Frog Environmental Regulatory Commission (FERC) is now in session, Administrative Law Judge Fremont Wood presiding.
Judge Wood: ...
by 6412093
on Mon Dec 07, 2015 at 08:03 AM PST
with 28 Recommends
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You thought I was writing about this?
Continue reading below the swirl of orange smoke for the real story.
by 6412093
on Sun Aug 30, 2015 at 06:26 AM PDT
with 34 Recommends
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Palin was asked yesterday whether she would support a constitutional amendment prohibiting the marriage of same-sex couples (Federal Marriage Amendment):
I have voted along with the ...
by Canadian4Obama
on Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 07:54 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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Like multi-colored lights, themed ornaments, and glass balls, the decorations on the tree serve no real function without the tree. The tree gives them a foundation; a purpose for their collective ...
by FISG
on Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 09:38 AM PDT
with 6 Recommends
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by Evan
on Fri Aug 25, 2006 at 08:16 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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by dennisl
on Mon Jun 19, 2006 at 08:06 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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