Good morning. Thanksgiving Day in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset 4:24 PM for 9h 25m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant…
Birds
Animals, Birds, Daily Bread, Science/Nature
Daily Bread for 11.3.22: Crows (Yes, Crows)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset 5:44 PM for 10h 11m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 73.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s armies are defeated…
Animals, Birds, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 10.26.22: The Great Midwest Crane Fest
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 53. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset 5:54 PM for 10h 32m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council goes into executive session shortly after 6:30 PM, to return to open session…
Animals, Birds, Daily Bread, Nature, Photography, Video
Daily Bread for 7.13.22: The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:29 AM and sunset 8:32 PM for 15h 03m 10s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1787, the Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory.…
Birds, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.29.21: The Pecking Order
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 38. Sunrise is 7:04 AM and sunset 4:22 PM for 9h 17m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 29.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1972, Atari releases Pong,…
Animals, Birds, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.25.21: Turkeys Take Over American Campuses
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Birds, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.21.21: Roadrunner Makes Trip from Nevada to Maine
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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset 4:26 PM for 9h 30m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1877, Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine…
Birds, Documentary, Film
Film: Bob of the Park Knows New York City Birds. But He’s Ruffled a Few Feathers
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
If you grab binoculars and head to Central Park in New York, you may see a warbler, a robin and Robert DeCandido, also known as “Birding Bob.” If you can’t spot him, you’ll definitely hear him. Among dedicated birders, some consider his use of recorded bird calls a disturbance to birds and bird-watchers alike, while…