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 comments below.
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Flint Hills of Kansas 5/16/22
The weekend was stormy here in the Flint Hills. I had little chance to do much in the way of birding. But when the going is tough, the tough get going, right? That made for a pretty tough call. I wasn’t tough enough to brave the downpours and wind and lightning. BUT, the days surrounding the weekend produced some fun stuff. So I am extending the coverage of Global Big Day by a few in order to be a participant. While it doesn’t involve long lists of sightings, the sightings on days surrounding the weekend were good enough to warrant averting a Bucket dark day by extending the watch period.
Here is my contribution to the extension.
I don’t know why I call then “chores” since feeding and playing with the horses is my favorite time of each morning and evening. During chores this morning my Swallows were, as usual, in the barn watching every move I made between trips outside to catch a bug. I happened to look outside and was rewarded with sight of a fine looking Pileated Woodpecker working on the snag out in the corral. That resulted in some personal bar setting photos of a Pileated.
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