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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s critters are a Red-tailed Hawk and stay to the end for a Black Vulture.

Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today’s critters are Jumping Gall Wasps infesting a high percentage of my trees in the white oak family including American white oak, swamp white oak, swamp chestnut oak, chinkapin and bur oak. They do not bother the red oaks (northern, southern and cherrybark). I’ve been assured they’ll recover.

A series of photos showing malformed growing points on white oak seedlings as a result of jumping gall wasp larval feeding.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s critters are Tree Swallows. Usually it’s barn swallows that congregate when bush hogging the tree planting. But they’ve already gone south and now this flock of tree swallows is taking advantage.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tonight’s moonset from the front porch. Crops that have matured like the corn across the road are drying down quickly in the hot weather. Which is a good thing unless it gets too dry. And it may be too late for a rain to do much good for late planted soybeans that missed the scattered showers.

A view from a Henderson County KY front porch of the moon setting with a pink horizon. About 50 yards away there’s a mature corn field across the road.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And these clouds were two new red spots toward the ENE an hour and a half later. Cc @pah.nws-bot.us

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looking east at the red spot towards Owensboro.

A storm cloud shows gray at bottom and white at the top over a rural west Kentucky landscape.

Radar shows the cloud about ten miles east.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today’s critter is a Striped Skunk. From Wikipedia it “possesses two highly developed scent glands, each containing about 15 milliliters of musk…The odor of this musk was likened to a mixture of perfume musk, essence of garlic, burning sulfur and sewer gas "magnified a thousand times"

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today’s critters are Spicebush Swallowtail and Monarch Butterflies enjoying the swamp milkweed in a wet spot amongst the tree planting.

A black butterfly with white lower wing spots and blue at the bottom is on a pink flower

An orange and black butterfly is on a pink flower in the foreground. The neighbors cattle are out of focus in the background.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Today’s critter might be a Fork-tailed Bush Katydid ie Scudderia furcata. At least that’s what Apple ID thinks and I’m unwilling to get in the weeds on katydid ID’s.

A very good black dog stands by some oregano with a katydid on top.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today’s critters are American Goldfinches harvesting the coneflowers as predicted on July 22. View from inside the house looking pretty much due south.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today’s critter is a Spider. Have you ever seen a web built with lightning in the background? This is your chance! Will check back in the morning for hopefully a full view.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Came across the most impressive mushroom fairy rings I’ve ever seen this morning.

Very large white mushrooms form a ring in a yard in rural Henderson County KY.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Mia still likes cucumber picked a little late

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Today’s critter is a male American Goldfinch that wasn’t too bothered by Mia. Did you know that Goldfinches only have one brood/year? And have the latest breeding season in the U.S.? That’s why the boys are bright yellow now.

A black dog sits in front of a bird feeder with a goldfinch.

A closer look showing the vibrant colors of the goldfinch

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Today’s critter is 10.25” Kentucky Trophy Bluegill!

I’m in a red shirt holding a large bluegill with Kentucky Lake in the background.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today’s critter is a Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor. From Wikipedia “The name Battus comes from the founder of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica, Battus I, and the species name philenor comes from the Greek word meaning 'fond of husband'.” Make of that what you will.

A dark blue butterfly with wings spread. The tail is a lighter iridescent with white spots. The head also has white dots.

A side view shows orange spots on the wing underside and white spots on the body.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today’s critter is a Dickcissel. Settle down. Although Peterson’s says it’s fairly common, this is the eastern end of their range and National Geographic calls them scarce here. They like weedy pastures and the planting is good habitat.

A dickcissle is perched on a weed in a field with young oak trees.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Today’s critters are future American Goldfinches. There’s a good crop of coneflowers coming. Hope I’m around when they harvest them.

A patch of coneflowers is blooming in a front porch flower garden.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Pretty exciting (and loud) when they turn around right over your house.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Finally harvested tomatoes yesterday and we know what that means.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Cucumbers doing so well they’re attacking the asparagus + dill = pickles.

A series of pictures showing a cucumber patch, cucumbers in a sink, dill and canned pickles. A very good black dog poses in front of the patch and dill.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today‘s critters are eggs of future Squash Bugs. Usually by this time my squash is gone from bacterial blight transmitted via cucumber beetle but this year it’s still producing. And I’m ready to move to another veggie.

Orange squash bug eggs on a beautiful large leaf.

A pile of yellow squash on a kitchen counter.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Current hot and humid conditions are great for development of corn diseases. Neighbor is applying fungicides with good timing as pollination is underway.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today’s critter is a Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer that stopped by the patio this evening. Together with the Barn Swallows they’re part of the home defense against skeeters.

A dragonfly with black stripes on its wings sits on a concrete patio in Henderson County KY.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today’s critters are once again the front porch Barn Swallows only now they’re the power line Barn Swallows. The fledglings have taken flight!

Five barn swallows are perched on a power line above a pasture with a mixed hardwood forest in the background.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Garden is coming in strong. Homegrown zucchini, green beans, cucumbers, green peppers and blackberries with a little more than $1 worth of Costco chicken quarters. If you had a better dinner I’m happy for you.

A bowl of fried zucchini next to a plate of green beans next to a bowl of cucumbers and green peppers.

Blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today’s critters are the Eastern Bluebirds in the backyard nest box. Five little ones with Mom and Pop in and out.

Five bluebird fledglings are huddled in a nest box.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today’s critters are the front porch Barn Swallows. The fledglings are about to leave the nest. If everything goes well they’ll spend the winter in Central or South America.

Two barn swallow fledglings sit on the edge of a mud nest in Henderson County Kentucky.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

For all my corn breeder friends, in case you need it here it is.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thought it was neat how the sunlight was hitting the pignut hickory in Devil’s Garden this evening.

A 24 inch diameter at breast height hickory grows straight up in west Kentucky.

Pignut hickory leaves have sunlight making them yellow.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today’s critters are the front porch Barn Swallow nestlings. Zoom in and I believe there’s two big’uns and two small’uns.

Two barn swallow nestlings are peeking above a mud nest on a front porch in Henderson County KY. Two smallest ones are in the back of the nest.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Today’s critter is a Whitetail Deer. I’m hoping it’s mostly eating weeds and not the trees planted all around it. Stay to the end and watch Mia strut in oblivious to the deer.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today’s critters are a pair of lovebird Barn Swallows. Stay to the end and you’ll see their front porch nest. This is the third year for this nest. Last year they did a minor repair but this is >95% original mud.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Today’s critters are a pair of lovebird House Finches. You may look at that guy and say nope that’s a purple finch. Wrong - that striped belly means House Finches. I have a gazillion house finches in the winter. I claim I’ve seen a purple finch but I’m only about 90% sure.

A pair of house finches look at each other lovingly atop a backyard bird feeder in rural western Kentucky.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Who’d have guessed? Mia enjoys radish leaves too.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today’s critter is a Common Snapping Turtle. Not good pictures but I declined trying to get him/her to pose. Did you know that according to Wikipedia it takes around 12 years for a snapping turtle to reach sexual maturity?

The gray shell of a snapping turtle is prominent with a big head and long tail highlighting the edges.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today’s critters are Wild Turkey eggs. Came across this nest while banding clethodim on the tree rows.

Five recently laid wild turkey eggs are in an open nest by some taller grass where trees were planted last spring.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Today’s critters are Grosbeaks. A pair of male Rose Breasted stopped by as did Blues. The Blues have stuck around for a couple of days but the Roses came and went. Makes sense since we’re at the northern end of the Blue’s range and the Roses keep going. Both winter in Central America.

Two male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks are partially visible at a bird feeder. A female Blue Grosbeak is underneath while a Northern Mockingbird sits on top.

A male Blue Grosbeak is underneath the feeder.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today’s blooms come from the black family of plants. We’ve got blackberries, black walnut and black locust.

Blackberries are blooming with white flowers against a background of a pasture, tree line and blue sky.

Black walnut flowers droop under a clump of leaves amongst mostly bare tree limbs.

A small grove of black locusts is in full bloom.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Today’s critter is a (Black Racer) SNAKE IN THE GRASS!!!! They’re more active in the daytime compared to other snakes and so like this one, more likely to be seen.

A dark snake about 3 feet long is curled up in some clover and fescue.

A closer view shows the white chin of the snake and eyes looking straight at the camera.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Good news, bad news. The only good rhongabout the herbicide drift is it hit the dandelions too. Bad news is that after a mowing the dandelions don’t care. April 3 - they’re all twisty. April 11 - they’re all fine as expected. Dandelions will shake off drift. My tomatoes didn’t.

Dandelions in a yard showing flower stalks all twisted up in a yard in west Kentucky.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Here’s this morning’s sunrise. Turn the volume up and you can hear a turkey gobble.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Today’s critters are once again Wild Turkeys. These boys were in the neighbors corn residue with at least a couple of hens. I don’t hunt and don’t know if this a lot but the Boss seems to have a beard close to dragging the ground. Spring season opens April 18.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Here’s some of the stuff that’s blooming today in Henderson County KY. Clockwise from upper left Black cherry Silver maple Pecan Apple with Mia and a blueberry bush.

Maple samaras are hanging on limbs with a couple of barns in the background.

Apple flowers are in the upper right, a very good 70 lb black dog is the middle and blooming blueberries are in the back.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today’s critters are the vanguard of a herd of Whitetail Deer coming out of the Lick Creek bottoms. There were at least six more that came out in the shadows later. I’m sad the field they’re in was recently sprayed and there’s nothing to eat but I’m worried they’ll come eat my baby trees.

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Wayne Bugg @waynebugg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Today’s critter is a Woodpecker. Nothing to see in the video but turn the volume up and hear how good a tree maybe 2-300 yards away he found to drum. Did 5-6 drums about 30 seconds apart and I managed to catch next to last one. 1/2

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