KY Afield Outdoors: Waterfowl Season opens Thanksgiving Day 2018-11-15 - Franklin Co., KY - Photo by Lee McClellan. The bountiful rainfall this fall pushed waters bank full in streams, ponds, reservoirs and wetlands across Kentucky, providing excellent habitat conditions for the opening of waterfowl season on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22. Duck populations remain strong. The population of redhead ducks, like these from a small Franklin County lake a few seasons ago, number about 1 million birds, 38 percent above the long term average for the species. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fire and Ice 2018-11-15 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo by Beth Cravens. Beth writes, "An ice storm passed through Indianapolis last night. I took a photo this morning of my fire bush, also called burning bush. There it was in all its beauty, the last few crimson leaves and clusters of fiery,red berries dangling there as bright as if they were trying to burn through the glistening ice." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Northern Flickers 2018-11-15 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A pair of Northern Flickers spotted along the shores of Lake Shelby. According to All About Birds, "Flickers often go after ants underground (where the nutritious larvae live), hammering at the soil the way other woodpeckers drill into wood." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Frozen Elizabethtown 2018-11-15 - Elizabethtown, KY - Photo by CM Staff. Parts of Dixie Highway are still without power today after ice covered good parts of Kentucky overnight. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

TED*talk: Pressure to succeed in South Korea 2018-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Sabine Eastham. Gabe Roberts, Student Employee at ISP from Russell Springs, KY, writes, "On November 12,2018, students gathered at the Iinternational Student Programs (ISP) House, where Kathryn McFadden, a student employee at ISP from Danville, KY, led a discussion on the pressures to succeed academically. Particularly, she discussed the pressures faced by South Korean exchange students, and how the study abroad experience affects that. It is normal for high school students to go to school from 7AM til 10PM, six days a week as well as receive additional tutoring to make it to the top 1% that will be accepted to universities." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Snowing in Columbia at 10:30amCT, earlier than predicted 2018-11-15 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The weather report predicted we might have some snowflakes in the mid-afternoon today, however, healthy flakes are falling outside now. The ground is pretty warm and we are supposed to stay above freezing temperatures until evening, so it will probably not make a covering. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Deer Season: First deer 2018-11-15 - Russell Springs, KY - Photo by Deborah Popplewell. Deborah writes, "Holden Jude Hadley, the 8 year old son of Darren and Lora Hadley of Russell Springs, KY, was able to get his first deer on Tuesday this week! He was very excited." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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