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Flint Hills of�Kansas
The Daily
Bucket is a nature refuge. � We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns spinning around us.
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by Appy
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on Fri Oct 29, 2021 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Good morning, gardeners, lurkers and anyone else who stumbles on the Saturday Morning Garden Blog to check out our wonderful variety of photos or just to visit a place with no pie fights. This ...
by mahdalgal
200 comments
on Sat Nov 13, 2021 at 06:00 AM PST
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I began tracking the migrations of the Great Egret (ardea alba), when I worked at a golf course near Banks in NW Oregon. An Egret would migrate to the golf course ponds every late Fall, leaving the frozen ponds of eastern Oregon behind for the season....
by 6412093
54 comments
on Wed Dec 04, 2019 at 06:17 AM PST
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The “ awwwwwww ….” factor is building by the day in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay area, as birders have the chance to watch one of the most fantastic urban egret rookeries in this ...
by Senor Unoball
49 comments
on Sun Apr 14, 2019 at 06:00 AM PDT
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After Congress passed the Clean Water Act in the early 1970s, many agencies imposed restrictions and guidance about how to handle stormwater runoff from new developments.
We needed those rules ...
by 6412093
60 comments
on Thu Dec 21, 2017 at 06:02 AM PST
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I’ve worked part time at a public golf course west of Portland Oregon for almost 20 years. The Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) have fished in its three large ponds before it was a golf course, and
by 6412093
120 comments
on Tue Dec 08, 2015 at 06:40 AM PST
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Winter changes many patterns. The herons spend less time hunting in the now-icy ponds, where frogs and fish seldom surface. Instead the heron and other feathered predators often head for the ...
by 6412093
97 comments
on Fri Jan 09, 2015 at 06:32 AM PST
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A few weeks ago, I stayed at a motel on Bay Farm Island. It faced towards San Francisco, across the Bay, so close and with a view so clear, you wanted to reach out and touch the City. However my ...
by 6412093
71 comments
on Wed Oct 30, 2013 at 06:01 AM PDT
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You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #451. ROV #450 is here .
Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf ...
by peraspera
56 comments
on Wed Jan 05, 2011 at 03:02 AM PST
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Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, this is the time of year when the Fall Migration brings us plenty of chances to see shorebirds passing through as well as those who will be overwintering here. ...
by Kestrel
39 comments
on Sun Oct 31, 2010 at 06:01 AM PDT
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This is literally a spur of the moment Dawn Chorus which I'm throwing up because our normally scheduled host hasn't appeared at the appointed hour. The last time that happened, we later discovered ...
by Kestrel
77 comments
on Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 06:55 AM PDT
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One universal maxim of birding is that where there is water, there will be birds.
A few weeks ago, I guest-hosted Dawn Chorus with a focus on egrets http://bit.ly/9rJPWn that people enjoyed quite a ...
by Kestrel
218 comments
on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 06:03 AM PDT
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