Sunday in The Great Backdoors; Tinyville
Happily, most backyard wildlife go about their business while being large enough to photograph. But sometimes, intense drama unfolds at a scale my camera simply can't handle.
View ArticleI'm not native here and neither is my pet or food!
I look all around, and find that almost any problem we in the USA have is too often blamed on the immigrant, especially those coming up here from Central and South America. Come to think of it, many...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Late Edition
The Daily Bucket is a place to catch your casual observations of the natural world and turn them into a valuable resource. Whether it's the first flowers of spring or that odd bug in your basement,...
View ArticleDaily Bucket - fireworks! ****
This is an abbreviated Daily Bucket, for anybody who is observing the outdoors for more than fireworks. Look! In the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? WHAT KIND of bird? Is there fungus among us,...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - abbr.
This is the place for your observations of the natural world around you. What have you seen today? I went for a walk with my sister Mimi along the riverfront bike path from Davenport IA into...
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Morning Walk ❀ Struggles to Survive
We had to study this scene up close for a minute before we really grasped what we saw. The half-mouse was strange to see. But, the Brown Harvestman feeding on it was a first for us. By the way, the...
View ArticleRescuing a baby bird
I work with an environmental non-profit that combines environmental education and hands-on restoration projects, working with students and teachers at elementary and middle schools to create, restore,...
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The Daily Bucket:Weekly Backyard Butterfly List
The Daily Bucket is a place to catch your casual observations of the natural world and turn them into a valuable resource. Whether it's the first flowers of spring or that odd bug in your basement,...
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Backyard Science - Open Bucket
What? Are you talking to me?There's not been any Backyard Science diary posts for a while. But, I know you are still out there. Until the next one, here's a place to toss in your two cents...
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Avian Conflicts I
This is the first episode of this series. Having submitted the second episode first, it behooves me to publish this for clarification and better understanding.
View ArticleMeta!!! ...Bird... Or Two.. And Other Stuff
Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace.I'm thinking Daily Kos should change the name of the site to META WORLD WAR!! ;)For me, I'll stick with Meta Bird... or two. Plus a few other things......
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Random Backyard Hummingbirds
The hummingbirds are done with nesting and starting to come around more to fatten up for the fall migration...
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#Climate change has changed my (and your) backyard
Lettuce coming up in garden, 13 Dec 2015It is late December and things are out-of-whack in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.Roses and azaleas blooming in the gardenwith cut flowers adorning the dining room...
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It's Raining Today - Updated
It’s raining where I am this morning, as I sit typing this and looking out into my backyard. The picture above is from the Adirondacks; I live about 2-3 hours away by car. I borrowed it from the image...
View ArticleAbout that climate change hoax...
Folklore has it that you can look at a wooly bear caterpillar and tell what winter is going to be like by looking at how big the brown stripe is compared to the black stripes. As you can see, looking...
View ArticleA VIEW FROM THE BACK YARD
I discovered, when I moved to my new address, that I lived just a few doors away from the friendly neighborhood drug dealer.At night, I would see the cars driving up, stopping for a few minutes, then...
View ArticleConnect! Unite! Act! The beauty in our own backyards
Welcome back to Connect! Unite! Act! When I started writing Connect! Unite! Act! again last year, I wanted to take time to highlight the ways Daily Kos users interact with each other, build...
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The Daily Bucket - This Morning in the Meadow
The sun hitting the clouds and trees was so pretty this morning. I got up from my coffee and walked out into the west meadow for some pictures with my pocket camera. Since there’s no other Bucket...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol: 19-35 - Murder, She Wrought
August 9, 2023: BREAKING NEWS! Rexxmama, President of The Yard, was sitting in the parked Executive Limousine, when she saw an unsuspecting victim reflected in the driver’s side view mirror. The...
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