The Daily Bucket - things only friends should know..
The Daily Bucket is a place where we get together and share the things we've noticed in the natural world around us. It might be that robins are building a nest in the old apple tree out back or that...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - light in the Forest
The Daily Bucket is your repository for nature gossip. Winter ducks arriving? Dragonflies chasing you away from their territorial nurseries? Drunken raccoons in your back yard? Post your sightings...
View Article2013 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally # 10
Welcome to the 2013 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 10th tally for 2013 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and crow some if you wish.Here's what the...
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The Daily Bucket - fall (v.)
The Daily Bucket is your repository for local nature gossip. Winter ducks arriving? Hummingbirds warring over feeders? Urban coyotes? Post your sightings here, along with nature questions, answers, and...
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The Daily Bucket - brrrr....
The Daily Bucket is your repository for local nature gossip. Winter ducks overhead? Hummingbirds warring over feeders? Moth larvae in your flour bin? Post your sightings here, along with nature...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Hello! Glad to finally meet you.
he Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Rain, sun, wind...insects, birds,...
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The Daily Bucket - a year from the stump
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Rain, sun, wind...insects, birds,...
View Article2013 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Final Tally!
Welcome to the 2013 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 11th and final tally for 2013 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of...
View Article2013 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Results & the Start of the 2014 Backyard...
Big thanks to everyone who participated in the 2013 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race, even for a little while. The race doubled in size last year, with 42 participants submitting at least one...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - first of the year wetland bird count
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Rain, sun, wind...insects, birds,...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - of the unremarkable nature of Robins
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Rain, sun, wind...insects, birds,...
View Article2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #2
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the second tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Pileated Woodpecker nest site?
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. It's not necessary to keep to the subject of the...
View ArticleBackyard Science - Happy Third Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary, Backyard Science! While we've grown some since Mark Sumner introduced the group on Valentine's Day of 2011, and perhaps broadened our scope a bit, we've done our best to remain true...
View Article2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #3
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the third tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
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Backyard Science: the creature from the wetland pond
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. Birds, bugs, moss, butterflies - you can...
View Article2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #4
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 4th tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
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The Daily Bucket - drama in the wetland pond
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. Birds, bugs, moss, butterflies - you can...
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The Daily Bucket - view from the stump
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It's the place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. New birds passing through? No-see-ums making...
View Article2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #5
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 5th tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
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The Daily Bucket: the stuff nightmares are made of...
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It's the place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. New birds passing through? No-see-ums making...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - barred owlet watch 2014
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It's the place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. New birds passing through? No-see-ums making...
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On the decline of a beloved companion
Bill-the-Dog is 14. He's still the Best-Dog-Ever, to us and to so many others who know him, but he's declining. His mechanics aren't too good any more, especially in the rear department. He wobbles, a...
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2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #6
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 6th tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
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2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #7
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 7th tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
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2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #8
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the 8th tally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine...
View Article2014 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Final Tally
Welcome to the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This finaltally for 2014 and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish. All of the fine print...
View ArticleBackyard Science Yardbird Race: 2014 Grand Bragging Rights and the first...
Welcome to the Final tally of the 2014 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race, and the first official tally of 2015!Here's what the race is all about:The Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race is a...
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The Daily Bucket - Backyard Crows
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It's the place to note any observations you have made of the natural world around you. New birds passing through? Something...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #2
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the second tally for 2015 is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish.Here's what the...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #3
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the third tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish.Here's what the...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Neighborhood Crows
Backyard Science is a place where folks report observations and share thoughts about what's happening in nature - locally and globally. We try to have a forum every day to keep things current - that's...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #4
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the fourth tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish.Here's what...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #5
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the fifth tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag some if you wish.Here's what the...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #7
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race as it returns after the annual summer hiatus! This is the seventh tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #8
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race! This is the eighth tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag as much as you wish.Here's what...
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #9
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race. This is the ninth tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag as much as you wish. Here's what...
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You go on ahead, Bill-the-Dog. We'll catch up with you.
Bill-the-Dog. 2000-2015.All you need to know about Bill-the-Dog is in this image. He was my companion and best friend for 15 years. We walked in our Forest for hours almost every day of those 15 years....
View Article2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #10
Welcome to the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race. This is the 10th and penultimate tally for 2015, and is the official place to post your sightings, ask for help, and brag as much as you...
View Article2015 Backyard Bird Race Grand Bragging Rights Tally and Start of the 2016 Race
Welcome to the final tally of the 2015 Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race and the start of the 2016 Race! This is the final tally of the 2015, with Grand Bragging Rights to be determined as...
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Official Tally #1 and belated Grand Bragging Rights...
This is the the first official tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race and the belated final tally of 2015! We’ll list the final tally of 2015 today, with the results of this, the first offical tally of...
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Tally #2
This is the the second tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race. The third tally will go up on Sunday, March 6.We’re off once again, with a good number of old timers as well as a bunch of new participants....
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Tally #3
This is the the third tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race. The 4th tally will go up on Sunday, April 3.The Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race is a birding competition where, over the course of...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Raven Visits the Forest
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Animals, weather, meteorites, climate, soil, plants,...
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Tally #4
This is the the 4th tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race. The 5th tally will go up on Sunday, May 1.The Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race is a birding competition where, over the course of one...
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Tally #5
This is the the 5th tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race. The 6th tally will go up on Sunday, June 5.The Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race is a birding competition where, over the course of one...
View Article2016 Backyard Bird Race - Tally #6
This is the the 6th tally of the 2016 Backyard Bird Race. We’ll take our regular two month summer break after this tally and be back with the 7th tally on Sunday, October 2.The Daily Kos Backyard...
View Article2018 Backyard Bird Race: Tally #3
This is the the third tally of the 2018 Backyard Bird Race. The fourth tally will go up on Sunday, April 8.The Daily Kos Backyard Science Yardbird Race is a birding competition where, over the course...
View ArticleBackyard Science - Bird count day, and a butterfly
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Animals, weather, meteorites, climate, soil, plants,...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Spring
I’m getting old, and every year I ask for just one more Spring.One more Spring where I can watch the Hazlenut catkins elongate, and then sneeze when they throw off their pollen. One more Spring waiting...
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