Daffodil Watch 2020: last to bloom in the season 2020-04-30 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. These are the last to bloom in the season of Daffodils, 2020. Grandma Alice Marcum called these Buttercups. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Teacher Appreciation Week proclaimed in Columbia 2020-04-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo from City Hall, Columbia, KY. The week of May 4-10, 2020 has been proclaimed Teacher Appreciation Week by City of Columbia Mayor Pamela Hoots, at right, to celebrate deserving local educators. Mayor Hoots said, "we realize the importance of teachers in the lives of the children of our community. Teachers play an important part in our community." She and Adair County Schools Superintendent Pamela Stephens are pictured in the Board of Education conference room. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hurt to be next Metcalfe County Superintendent 2020-04-30 - Edmonton, KY - Photo from Gaye Shaw, Chamber of Commerce. The Metcalfe County Board of Education named Josh Hurt as the next superintendent of Metcalfe County Schools. A Monroe County native, Hurt is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a graduate degree and related certifications from the University of the Cumberlands. He has 23 years of experience in education, with the past six years at Metcalfe County Schools. Before coming to Metcalfe County, Hurt taught high school English in Monroe, Gallatin, and Meade Counties. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A fine place to rest 2020-04-30 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Interesting lines on this tree offer a fine place from which to rest and watch Mother Nature create spring. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 2020-04-30 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Melissa Suratt. Melissa writes, "I spotted a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at my feeder too. This was my first time seeing one. A female was with him but I was unable to get a picture of her." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Signs of Spring: Six Spotted Tiger Beetle 2020-04-30 - Jefferson Co., KY - Photo by Pen. These brilliant green bugs aren't the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer. According to Wikipedia, Cicindela sexguttata "are commonly found in deciduous forests in between Minnesota, Rhode Island, Ontario and south to Kentucky, and are easily recognizable by their large, white, overlapping mandibles." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful bird is a Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2020-04-29 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Marie Freeman. Comment re: Birds of Kentucky: White-Chested Rednecker? Marie Freeman writes, "It is a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I don’t have as good of a camera and I couldn’t get any closer without scaring them - you can see four feeding at my feeder’s right there if you were close by. It’s easy to distinguish because they’re black and white, very unusual and beautiful bird." This site, Audubon, Guide to North American Birds, is how she identified it, copy and paste the following link into your browser -- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rose-breasted-grosbeak Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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