You are very fortunate. I have only seen orange ones in the field. The white ones are definitely on my bucket list.
Dan Reiff
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On Apr 25, 2020, at 1:40 PM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:
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I assume that those white buckets were all "confirmed" sightings....
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Buckets are usually ground nesters, but they do perch on fence posts a lot.
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On 2020-04-25 12:58, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote:
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Newly retired, I was expanding my bird curiosity beyond my
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neighborhood. Tweeters, bless them, were talking about a Snowy Owl
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irruption, so I headed for the Skagit. A glimpse of white out in a
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distant field would bring me to a stop, and out would come the
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binoculars. Amazing the number of white 5 gallon buckets a birder can
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find while searching for a Snowy Owl. It was extra-special when I
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finally found one that day. I still spot white buckets on fence posts
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and they still make me smile.
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Carol Stoner
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Who won't be going north anytime soon from West Seattle
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