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This entry was posted on June 28, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged 17 year cicada, black-eyed susan, bullfrog, butterfly milkweed, chickory, cricket, crown vetch, gray coneflower, hedge parsley, honeydew, lead plant, mullein, musk thistle, nighthawk, oxeye daisy, queen anne's lace, sticktite, trumpet vine, white sweet clover. 3 Comments

July 1 – 7, 2013 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 30, 2013, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged blackeyed susan, bullfrog, butterfly milkweed, chickory, coreopsis, cricket, crown vetch, delphinium, deptford pink, dogbane, eastern gamagrass, echinacea, elm leaf aphid, hedge parsley, leadplant, milkweed, mullein, musk thistle, new jersey tea, oxeye daisy, queen anne's lace, sensitivebrier, trumpetvine, white sweet clover, wild raspberries. Leave a comment

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This entry was posted on December 16, 2012, in December, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged bristly greenbriar, cool season grasses, drought, eagles, fog, honeysuckle, mosses, mullein, sedges, squirrels, thistle, turkeys, wild garlic, wild onion, winter solstice, winter wheat, yarrow. Leave a comment

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Eighteen 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 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 where 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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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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