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January 13 – 19, 2020 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 12, 2020, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology and tagged bird feeders, bluejay, cardinal, chickadee, Eagles Day, falcon, hackberry, hawk, ice storm, junco, nuthatch, Resilient Activist, sap tapping, sparrows, squirrel, titmouse, woodpecker. Leave a comment

September 23 – 29, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 22, 2019, in Prairie and tagged Andromeda galaxy, asters, boneset, euphorbia corollata, fog, gentian, goldenrods, hackberry, land institute, Pegasus, perennial sunflowers, Pitcher's sage, prairie festival, russian thistle, sweet coneflower, white snakeroot. Leave a comment

May 20 – 26, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 19, 2019, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beaver, blackberry, blue wild indigo, bobcat, brome, cherry, cottontail, cottonwood fluff, coyote, dutch white clover, fescue, fox, gooseberry, grape, hackberry, lightning bug, mayapple, muskrat, oxalis, oxeye daisy, papaw, plum, pollen, prairie plox, prairie violet, puccoon, raccoon, raptor, red clover, roughtleafed dogwood, salsify, Scribner's panicum, skunk, songbird, spiderwort, spittlebug, star eyed grass, waterfowl, white wild indigo, wild four-o'clock, yarrow, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

October 15 – 21, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 14, 2018, in Kansas, nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged ash trees, Baker Wetlands, box elder, Clinton lake, Deer mating season, elm, fall colors, hackberry, insect galls, migratory birds. Leave a comment

January 1 – 7, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 1, 2018, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bald eagle, beetle, Bowersock dam, cricket, dove, grasshopper, hackberry, honeysuckle, junco, moth, osage orange, pack rat, robin, squirrel, sunflower seed. 1 Comment

October 10 – 16, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 9, 2016, in Kansas, nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged ash, asters, chigger, dogwood, game bird, goldenrods, grackles, grasshopper, hackberry, Maple Leaf Festival, maple tree, migratory birds, milkweed, oyster mushroom, poison ivy, prairie grasses, puffball mushroom, raptors, red-winged blackbird, skunk bush, snakeroot, sunflowers, virginia creeper, walnut. Leave a comment

April 11 – 17 Kaw Valley Almanac

April 11, 2016

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This entry was posted on April 10, 2016, in April, Kansas, nature observation, Prairie and tagged cherry, coralberry, cottonwood, dogwood, hackberry, hoary puccoon, Honey locust, honeysuckle, morel, papaw, prairie violet, privet, skunkbush, spring beauty, Trout lily, wild turkey. Leave a comment

September 21 – 27, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 20, 2015, in Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged aster, bidens, elm, fall equinox, fall mushrooms, gentian, goldenrod, hackberry, insect gall, land institute, oak, Pitcher's sage, prairie festival, russian thistle, spider migration, spiderweb, sunflower, total lunar eclipse, white snakeroot. 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

February 23 – March 1, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on February 22, 2015, in February, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged crab apple, crow, eastern red cedar, hackberry, honeysucke, owl, puffball mushroom, raptor, robin, wild onion. 1 Comment

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Twelve Years of Wild Douglas County!

If you like the weekly posts of Kaw Valley Almanac, you might be interested in purchasing a compilation of these kinds of posts that Ken Lassman has put together into a book, along with essays on the land and the ecosystems of the area. This book was designed not to be just another coffee table book full of pictures; rather it was designed to be used as a guide to accompany you when you take your treks outdoors to observe nature first hand. You can get this book at a number of local bookstores or order it here for $15 + $2 shipping (regular price: $20). Click here to purchase your copy via Paypal.

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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.

Yellow Flower Moon – August

Thoreau noticed how many of the flowers of August and September resemble the beaming sun. So did the Osage Indians of this area, who named the moon for this observation.

“Yellow is very definitely the color of August; even the bluestem seems gold-washed at a distance, especially when blooming. Thought thistles and other flowers are the pastel blue and lavender, the sunflowers and the prairie goldenrods are glowing yellow. Yellow butterflies predominate, and the brilliant yellow goldfinch comes to the ridges to tear at the thistle and to find something in the hear of the sunflower.” -The Osages, p. 109, by John Joseph Mathews

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