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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
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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About 15 years ago, my son and I dug out two back yard fish ponds with a back hoe, to my wife’s surprise.�
A backhoe. (not in my backyard.)
This pond was about 12 X eight feet. We stocked ...
by 6412093
on Sun Mar 14, 2021 at 06:28 AM PDT
with 79 Recommends
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By January�
Bethany Lake in NW Oregon, just west of Portland, gathers storm waters from hundreds�of acres of avoided wetlands. Effluent also drains from the thousands of manicured yards and miles ...
by 6412093
on Sun Jan 17, 2021 at 10:47 AM PST
with 40 Recommends
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Hard rains just swept across NW Oregon and vicinity. The creeks climbed their banks.
I watch Rock Creek, and its tributaries that flow through Bethany Lake, ten miles west of Portland Oregon.� ...
by 6412093
on Fri Nov 20, 2020 at 06:19 AM PST
with 54 Recommends
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An Oregon developer of a proposed gas station next to a creek and wetlands has withdrawn his application. In short:� Victory! Withdrawn App, how sweet the sound, Saving trees ... thirty feet ...
by 6412093
on Fri Sep 04, 2020 at 06:55 AM PDT
with 83 Recommends
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UPDATE: Thursday, Jun 29, 2023 · 10:25:18 PM +00:00 · Fffflats https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2016/8/16/a-new-plan-using-complexity-in-the-modern-world If war is a continuation of politics, war must have the same randomness and individuality...
by Fffflats
on Tue Sep 01, 2020 at 06:26 PM PDT
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It’s especially hard to organize folks these days. You can’t call a meeting. It’s tough to talk and listen with masks on. Yet suburban folks west of Portland Oregon are organizing against a developer’s plans to build a Chevron gas station/mini-mart...
by 6412093
on Sun Aug 02, 2020 at 12:11 PM PDT
with 37 Recommends
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The short, heavy rainstorms follow quickly on the heels of brilliant bursts of an hour of hot sunshine. I prepare to take pictures of my suddenly burgeoning pond lilies as they explode into ...
by 6412093
on Sun Jun 21, 2020 at 10:33 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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I reached for the grimy tumbler. It was empty. Not even any ice. I reached for the whiskey bottle. It was empty too. This was the night the bottle let me down, and a savagely bright dawn poured through the dirty windows in my Private Investigator’s...
by 6412093
on Sat May 30, 2020 at 06:02 AM PDT
with 29 Recommends
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Note: I visited the nearby heron rookery yesterday and brought you these few, not good because too far away for my little Canon PowerShot, photos. I was thrilled to see the rookery; luckily for me my binoculars brought me closer than my camera could. I...
by The Lipsticked Pig
on Wed May 27, 2020 at 07:55 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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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
on Mon May 25, 2020 at 08:21 AM PDT
with 38 Recommends
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I live near 20 acre Bethany lake, west of Portland Oregon. I’m the Great Blue Heron, the State Bird! We are the biggest birds in the northern hemisphere with a six foot wing span, but we will ...
by 6412093
on Mon May 11, 2020 at 06:28 AM PDT
with 42 Recommends
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While visiting the Morikami Gardens recently in Boca Raton FL, I unintentionally helped a Great Blue Heron catch his lunch, when he cleverly took advantage of me.
For those who don't know, I live ...
by Lenny Flank
on Sun Feb 09, 2020 at 07:13 AM PST
with 30 Recommends
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The Tualatin Valley of Northwest Oregon forms a shallow bowl, about 50 miles in diameter, with 1000-2000 foot tall eroded volcanoes walling in the lowlands, separating the region from the Coast ...
by 6412093
on Sun Jan 19, 2020 at 06:58 AM PST
with 30 Recommends
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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
on Fri Dec 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM PST
with 68 Recommends
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Sundown in Portland Oregon was at 4:32 pm. At 4:40 pm, I walked past my kitchen window and startled a Great Blue Heron who was eating goldfish out of my backyard pond. Then we both pretended not ...
by 6412093
on Thu Nov 28, 2019 at 06:45 AM PST
with 40 Recommends
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I walk from my house to Bethany Lake, west of Portland Oregon, on many days. The Lake is adjacent to a wide utility easement, a golf course, a park, and farmland, so there is considerable open ...
by 6412093
on Mon Nov 25, 2019 at 06:48 AM PST
with 33 Recommends
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The Great Blue Heron is one of the largest birds in North America, standing 4 feet tall with a six foot wing span. When the birds evolved from the dinosaurs, the Herons emerged, but herons changed ...
by 6412093
on Wed Nov 13, 2019 at 06:50 AM PST
with 76 Recommends
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I fly to pieces,
Every time that I see you preen
I fly to pieces,
I can’t forget what I’ve just seen.
A little one-legged clean-up,
You want me to ...
by 6412093
on Sat Oct 26, 2019 at 08:20 AM PDT
with 45 Recommends
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At 8:59 PDT, a Great Blue Heron glided from a nearby roof into my backyard, next to my gold fish ponds. Every few minutes there is one less fish. I never should have named the fish. The Heron,
by 6412093
on Fri Sep 20, 2019 at 09:54 AM PDT
with 34 Recommends
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