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June 1 – 7, 2020 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 31, 2020, in Prairie and tagged bird nesting, brome pollen, chigger, delphinium, deptford pink, echinacea, gooseberry, hackberry butterfly, milkweed, mint, mulberry, oxeye daisy, prairie phlox, salsify, snakes, spiderwort, spittlebug, turtle migration, wild alfalfa, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

September 30 – October 6, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 30, 2019, in Prairie and tagged aster, crickets, Friends of the Kaw, frost flower, gentian, goldenrod, grasshoppers, Kaw River, lady's tresses, milkweed, Pacific moisture, snow on the mountain, spurges, sunflowers, sweet everlasting, tree frogs. Leave a comment

July 1 – 7, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 30, 2019, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackeyed susan, chuck will's widow, compassplant, culver's root, dragonfly, echinacea, frog, gall, gray coneflower, hedge parsley, insect calls, katydid, lead plant, milkweed, mosquito, nocturnal animals, osage orange, rattelsnakemaster, sensitivebrier, slender mountain mint, Sycamore, toad, walnut, whippoorwill, yarrow. Leave a comment

June 11 – 17, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 10, 2018, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged black snake, cool season grasses, deptford pink, dragonfly, echinacea, hackberry butterfly, milkweed, mulberries, prairie phlox, sensitivebrier, white sweet clover, wild indigo. Leave a comment

September 11 – 17, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 10, 2017, in Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged asters, bees, beetles, bidens, boneset, butterfly, cattails, dragonflies, euphorbia corollata, gentian, grasshoppers, milkweed, milkweed tiger moth, monarch butterfly, Pitcher's sage, ragweed, russian thistle, sedum, spider web, stiff goldenrod, sunflowers, sweet coneflower, tree frog. Leave a comment

May 29 – June 4, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 29, 2017, in June, Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged Akin Prairie, Baker Wetlands, blackerry blossom, chimney swift, cinquefoil, delphinium, deptford pink, dogwood berries, evening primrose, Grant-Bradbury Park, milkweed, nighthawk, oxeye daisy, penstemon, poison hemlock, Prairie Park Nature Center, prairie phlox, prairie rose, Rockefeller Prairie Trail, salsify, Sanders Mound, spiderwort, white sweet clover, white wild indigo, yellow sweet clover. Leave a 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

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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.

Kaw Valley Almanac

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.

Just Doing That Moon: March

The Osage’s name, Just Doing That Moon, refers to the tempestuous nature of the weather this time of year that can swing from a late winter blizzard to a hot balmy day, and the accompanying observation that whatever the conditions are, they will soon change. As a result, there are few months that change as much as this month, with early spring flowers and frogs emerging, birdsong transforming the mornings, moths heralding the return of the insect world, maple and elm pollen and flowers bursting on the scene, and a host of other forms of life springing to life.

Some ecologists observe that in this part of the planet, the prevernal time of emergence from winter constitutes a fifth season, easily distinguished from the more pervasive traditional spring that unfurls in April and May, and I’d have to agree.

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Kansas Area Watershed Council
Kansas Birding Listserv
University of Kansas Student Farm
Sustainability Action Network
Planet Drum Foundation
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Poet Laureate blog
Kansas Land Trust
Alliance for Wild Ethics
Heartland All Species Foundation
Stan Slaughter, Eco-Troubadour
Community Mercantile Educational Foundation
National Academies of Science information about climate change
Earth Observatory Feature: The Carbon Cycle
Rolling Prairie Alliance

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