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May 15 – 21, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 14, 2017, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, constellations, corn, delphinium, evening primrose, fescue, fledging birds, gooseberries, green dragon, jack in the pulpit, Kentucky bluegrass, Kentucky coffee tree, lightning, milo, moon, oxeye daisy, prairie violet, puccoon, salsify, soybeans, spiderwort, wheat, wild alfalfa, wild blue indigo, yarrow, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

May 9 – 15, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

May 9, 2016

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2016, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged ant, antelopehorn milkweed, beetle, bumblebee, carpenter bee, frog, june bug, lousewort, luna moth, Mercury transit, mosquitoes, new jersey tea, nightjars, oxeye daisy, prairie parsley, puccoon, salsify, shorebirds, snake, songbirds, spiderwort, starry eyed grass, toad, verbena, wasp. Leave a comment

April 25 – May 1, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

April 25, 2016

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This entry was posted on April 24, 2016, in April, Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bluebird, buckeye, chickweed, chimney swift, copperhead, cottontail rabbit, coyote, dandelion, fox, hoary puccoon, jack in the pulpit, june bug, Kentucky coffee tree, lambsquarter, lightning bug, May apple, mustard garlic, nettle, new jersey tea, opossum, oxalis, papaw, plantain, ppoke, puccoon, severe weather, shorebird, skunk, sparrow, spring beauty, stargrass, swallow, turkey vulture, verbena, warbler, watercress, wild indigo, wild onion, wild turkey, wood betony, woodland phlox. Leave a comment

April 18 – 25, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

April 18, 2016

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This entry was posted on April 17, 2016, in April, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged Baker Wetlands, bluegrass, bumblebee, chuck will's widow, columbine, coyote, Earth Day, hickory, lightning bug, luna moth, nighthawk, oak, phlox, Prairie Park Nature Center, puccoon, spiderwort, springbeauty, verbena, whippoorwill, wild indigo, wild strawberry, wood betony. Leave a comment

May 25 – 31, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 25, 2015, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bat, beaver, bobcat, brome pollen, cottonwood forest, delphinium, echinacea, hackberry butterfly, Kaw River, lightning bug, milkweeds, mulberry, muskrat, oxeye daisy, prairie phlox, puccoon, sensitive brier, skink, skunk, snake breeding season, spiderwort, spittle bug, turtle eggs, white wild indigo, wild alfalfa, woodchuck. Leave a comment

April 20 – 26, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on April 19, 2015, in April, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged apple-cedar rust, betony, chuck will's widow, coyote, dogtooth violet, elm, fish eggs, fox, gooseberry, maple, morel, muskrat, oak leaves, prairie burn, prairie violet, puccoon, rabbit, redbud, spring beauty, tadpole, western chorus frog, whippoorwill, woodcock, woodland phlox. Leave a comment

May 19 – 25, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 18, 2014, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beaver, blackberry, bluejay, bobcat, brome, cardinal, cottontail, coyote, flicker, fox, gooseberry, kildeer, lousewort, meadowlark, meteor shower, mourning dove, muskrat, phlox, puccoon, quali, raccoon, raspberry, red-winged blackbird, salsify, skunk, spiderwort, turkey vulture, wild grape, yarrow. Leave a comment

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Ten Years of Wild Douglas County!

Welcome to 10 years of Ken’s book Wild Douglas County. To celebrate, he’ll be sharing special events during the coming year, and you can also buy a signed copy of the book for a celebratory price of $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.

Baby Bear Moon: December

The Osages were keen observers of nature, and while bears have not been in the area for a long time (one wandered into the Baldwin Woods in the 1960s), there is plenty of favorable habitat for them to have lived here side by side with humans since the retreat of the glaciers some 9 or 10,000 years ago. Cougars are more common passing through the area these days, but it’s not out of the question for some bears to be itinerant residents in Douglas County once again if we plan for green corridors connecting the Kaw River floodplain forests to the major tributary reservoirs of Clinton and Perry as well as a safe way for wildlife to migrate to and from the Baldwin Woods, our county’s largest native woodlands located north of the city of Baldwin and Douglas County Lake.

Bald eagles have returned to the area, where they have overwintered along the Kaw since time immemorial, adding the reservoirs to their winter retreat areas after they were built in the 60s and 70s. With water levels drying up many area ponds and creeks, the drought is concentrating wildlife activity along the remaining bodies of water much like a normal December concentrates wildlife along the Kaw due to the ice cover on most open water. December is also a time to look for deer antlers which are falling off as mating season winds down, and if we get snow, tracking the activities of wildlife in area woods and prairies. And if mild temperatures persist, don’t forget to enjoy some of the most beautiful constellations of the year as Orion, Andromeda, Taurus, and the Pleiades are often seen under much less comfortable conditions!

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