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June 18 – 24, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 17, 2018, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackberry, bluegrass, butterfly milkweed, coreopsis, cottonwood, deer antlers, deptford pink, dogwood, dragonfly, echinacea, elderberry, fescue, gray headed coneflower, Johnsongrasss, lead plant, lightning bug, mars, mulberry, new jersey tea, orchardgrass, poison hemlock, raspberry, rolypoly, sensitivebrier, slender mountain mint, sumac, summer solstice, timothy, tree frog, walnut, white prairie clover, wild white indigo. Leave a comment

July 17 – 23, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 18, 2017, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackberry, compass plant, daisy fleabane, dragonfly, elderberry, gayfeather, gooseberries, gray coneflower, green lacewing, ironwood, Liatris, oxeye daisy, rattlesnake master, slender mountain mint, solar eclipse, spider mite, stiff sunflower, sweet coneflower, wasp, yarrow. Leave a comment

June 22 – 28, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 21, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, bat, blackberry, blue heron, bobcat, bullfrog, butterfly milkweed, Canada wild rye, common milkweed, compassplant, corn, deer, easter gama grass, echinacea, elderberry, gooseberry, gray fox, hackberry, lightning bug, milo, mulberry, multiflora rose, nighthawk, osage orange, purple prairie clover, rattlesnakemaster, red fox, sensitivebrier, snake, soybeans, spiderwort, St. John's wort, wheat harvest, whippoorwill, white prairie clover, white sweet clover. Leave a comment

June 1 – 7, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 31, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged 17 year locust, antelopehorn milkweed, blackberry, brome pollen, Canadian musk thistle, chiggers, common milkweed, crown vetch, fescue, gooseberry, green milkweed, honeysuckle, lambsquarter, Mead's Milkweed, mint, mulberry, Operation Wildlife, raspberry, sage, stinging nettle, ticks, turtle, watercress, wavy leafed milkweed, whorled milkweed. Leave a comment

May 11 – 17, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 11, 2015, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, beaver, blackberry, blue wild indigo, bobcat, brome, corn, cottontail, coyote, creamy wild indigo, deer, fescue, fox, gooseberry, Kentucky bluegrass, lightning bug, muskrat, oxeye daisy, prairie violet, pussy toes, raccoon, salsify, skunk, songbird, spring beauty, starry eyed grass, wheat, wild raspberry, wild strawberry, yarrow. Leave a comment

July 7 – 14, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 6, 2014, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, black walnut, black-eyed susan, blackberry, brown eyed susan, chickory, cricket, culver's root, dogwood berries, gray coneflower, lead plant, osage orange, oxeye daisy, queen anne's lace, raspberry, ratibida, rattlesnakemaster, sericea lespedeza, slender mountain mint, sumac, sycamore bark, teasel, wheat. Leave a comment

June 23 – 29, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 22, 2014, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bat, beebalm, black-eyed susan, blackberry, brown eyed susan, canada musk thistle, chickory, chigger, cinquefoil, coreopsis, crown vetch, culver's root, darner, deptford pink, dragonfly, eastern gama grass, echinacea, frog, gooseberry, lead plant, Michigan lily, milkweed, mosquito, nightjar, oxeye daisy, pale spiked lobelia, purple martin, Queen Ann's lace, slender mountain mint, swallow, tick, wheat harvest, wild raspberry. 2 Comments

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Ken Lassman has been keeping this almanac for over a decade, He invites you to share your observations and photos in the comments section. You can find his book Wild Douglas County at The Raven Bookstore and The Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

Deer Hiding Moon: September

The local Osage tribes called it “Deer Hiding Moon,” a time when bucks in this area are very reclusive while they finish growing antlers for the upcoming mating season. Even though they are hard to find, it is worth trying to spot a buck through binoculars this time of year to witness the softness of their antlers before they scrape off the felt to prepare for mating season.

September is the month of the autumnal equinox, mirroring March as the time of greatest daily change in the length of the day and the fastest movement of the point of sunset and sunrise on the horizon. Because of this, the word “equinox,” or equal day and night is somewhat of a misnomer because of the rapid daily changes that happen more quickly than any other time of year. Gardener/naturalist Sara Stein calls the fall the great planting time for nature. The seeds developed by the summer rains are themselves raining directly down on to the ground or coming into contact indirectly through the intestines of animals who have consumed their fruity coatings, giving them a ride and then depositing them along with some rich fertilizer for spring. Now is also the perfect time to visit some CRP native grass plantings or ungrazed native prairie to see how it is really taller than you are and how easy it would be to get lost in it.

Seeing the huge diamond of the square of Pegasus constellation rising in the east is a sure sign of fall and one of my favorite things about this time of year. The crisp, clear autumn weather is perfect for finding the northern corner of Pegasus wherre the constellation of Andromeda is located and seeing if you can see the Andromeda galaxy with your naked eye. The light from the Andromeda galaxy is the oldest light your eye can see without a telescope, having left the millions of stars in that galaxy over 2.2 million years ago.

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