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I wasn’t sure whether this subject would be suitable to a Bucket. It depicts an act of predation. However some bucketeers have suggested I tell the story, so with the heads up below, I will, below the page break. WARNING: Predator/prey interaction...
by OceanDiver
 287 comments
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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Winter is the big flocking season in the Pacific Northwest. In summer, breeding birds spread out to nest, usually forming defended territories, but in winter, what takes priority is surviving challenging conditions. Terrestrial birds like robins,...
by OceanDiver
195 comments
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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When I was a little boy in 1961, I was taught a lesson around Thanksgiving that I've never forgot. My Aunt Sue was married to my mom’s brother Marvin. Aunt Sue died the Saturday before Mother’s Day in 2010. Marvin’s still around. He’s healthy. He’ll be...
by 888guy
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 05:21 PM PST
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July 25, 2023 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest A couple of months ago I posted a Bucket report on a mating encounter between two River Otters in my local bay. That incident took place in late April, a typical time for our local otters. About a week ago I...
by OceanDiver
151 comments
on Mon Aug 07, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Post-pandemic petulance A few weeks ago, I watched a news clip on YouTube, originating out of the Hawaiian islands: “Oahu restaurant pleads for patience, after customer throws condiments, yells profanities.” KITV’s report concentrates on one customer...
by novapsyche
207 comments
on Sun Jun 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM PDT
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Thanks to a discussion in an earlier diary tonight Mercy Omont suggested a great question for me to ask. Please check out the whole diary here,by mcGovern78 We all have engaged in behaviors in the past that we no longer do, from changing a child’s...
by CameronProf
75 comments
on Tue May 30, 2023 at 01:51 AM PDT
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Spring 2023 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest I didn’t know what I was looking at on a late April day until I got a good look at the video. Seems unambiguous but I’ll let you judge for yourself. Without a camera it’s likely I’d have missed the whole thing....
by OceanDiver
148 comments
on Sat May 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition,...
by gizmo59
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on Sun Feb 12, 2023 at 07:00 PM PST
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While presiding over the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina affirmative action case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a seventy-four year black man and most conservative member of the United States Supreme Court,...
by Eihenetu
28 comments
on Mon Nov 21, 2022 at 02:27 PM PST
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August 2022 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest The shallow bays of the island are prime fishing sites for local River Otters. Last week I saw otters in two different bays, a mile apart, conceivably the same individual but more likely different otters. We...
by OceanDiver
134 comments
on Mon Aug 29, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
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July 30, 2022 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest We have one kind of gull in the Salish Sea who lives here all year-round, our default gull: the Olympic, which is actually a hybrid of two regional species, the Glaucous-winged and Western gulls (while there...
by OceanDiver
156 comments
on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Kind of like Magnum P.I. - he won't walk up to his car, open the door and take a seat (no, no, no ...); he'll leap over the car door and deftly land in the seat … and then turn around and give you a wink. A fascinating article on performance crime from...
by LapDog
8 comments
on Sat Jul 09, 2022 at 07:17 AM PDT
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July 2, 2022 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest Earlier this month I took a long walk on a long dock to pick up the trailcam (that report here) and had the great good fortune to cross paths with a gang of River Otters in actual real time. There were three...
by OceanDiver
196 comments
on Sat Jul 16, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Winter is waterfowl season, which is a big reason I enjoy this season so much. Very fond of all ducks, swans and geese. Buffleheads are my special favorites. As winter winds down now in the maritime Pacific Northwest, it’s a good time to pay tribute to...
by OceanDiver
182 comments
on Sun Feb 27, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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There is an interesting and very readable article in The Atlantic this week by Benjamin Mazar titled “COVID Won’t End Up Like the Flu. It Will Be Like Smoking. Hundreds of thousands of deaths, from either tobacco or the pandemic, could be prevented...
by EastBroadStream
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on Sat Feb 19, 2022 at 08:42 AM PST
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The final week of December was a cold one for us in the Pacific Northwest as what we call a nor’easter blew through. The temperature never got above freezing, and dropped to 8° in some areas, highly unusual here in western Washington where the ocean...
by OceanDiver
170 comments
on Sun Jan 09, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the...
by OceanDiver
223 comments
on Mon Dec 20, 2021 at 07:00 AM PST
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The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the...
by OceanDiver
147 comments
on Sat Oct 16, 2021 at 07:00 AM PDT
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It’s spring�transition season for birds in my seashore part of the Pacific Northwest. As I wave goodbye to some birds, others are arriving and getting busy. Waterfowl are the most obvious ...
by OceanDiver
157 comments
on Sun May 23, 2021 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Bald Eagles are by far the most common raptors around where I live in the San Juan islands in northwest Washington state. We have one of the highest densities of them anywhere in North America. Usually I see one or more every...
by OceanDiver
220 comments
on Sun Mar 07, 2021 at 06:00 AM PST
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