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June 3 – 9, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 2, 2019, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, blue heron, blue wild indigo, catalpa, cinquefoil, cottonwood fluff, daisy fleabane, delphinium, deptford pink, echinacea, evening primrose, false wild indigo, frogs, gooseberry, lightning bug, meadowlark, moths, mulberry, oxeye daisy, penstemon, prairie phlox, prairie rose, prickly pear cactus, redwinged blackbird, roughleafed dogwood, salsify, sensitivebrier, snapping turtle, spiderwort, spittle bug, tornado, tree frog, water strider, white wild indigo, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

November 20 – 26, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on November 19, 2017, in Kansas, nature observation, November, phenology, Prairie and tagged acorn, Baker Wetlands, Clinton, Douglas County State Lake, Fitch Natural History Preserve, Kaw trail, naturalkansas.org, owls, redwinged blackbird, reindeer lichen, snow geese, wild turkeys. Leave a comment

August 8 – 14, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on August 9, 2016, in August, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged ashy sunflower, chimney swift, compassplant, elderberry, euphorbia corollata, gayfeather, goldenrod, hummingbird, nighthawk, Perseid meteor shower, poison ivy, redwinged blackbird, Rudbeckia subtomentosa, slender mountain mint, stiff sunflower, sumac, wild grape, yellow flower moon. Leave a comment

November 9 – 15, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on November 8, 2015, in Kansas, nature observation, November, phenology, Prairie and tagged 17 year locust, acorn, bird migration, deer, duck, eagle, evening primrose, frog, goose, grackle, hedge apple, leaf mulch, packrat, quail, raptor, redwinged blackbird, seagull, seeds, shorebird, sparrow, squirrel, sunflower. Leave a comment

October 26 – November 1, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 25, 2015, in Kansas, nature observation, November, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged collecting seed, deer, drought, eagle, fall harvest, grackle, lady bug, osage orange, redwinged blackbird, shorebird, sparrow, spider gossamer. Leave a comment

October 12 – 18, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Kansas, nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged asters, Baker Wetlands Discovery Center, bird flocks, Clinton Reservoir, Douglas County State Lake, Fitch Natural History Preserve, game bird, grackle, jayhawk Audubon, Kaw levee trail, migratory waterfowl, Prairie Park Nature Center, raptor, redwinged blackbird, seagull, seed collecting, sunflower, tree colors. Leave a comment

October 5 – 11, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 4, 2015, in Kansas, nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged aster, Baker Wetlands Discovery Center, beebalm, Canada goose, coot, Douglas County State Lake, Fitch Natural History Preserve, grackle, heron, honeysuckle, Illinois bundleflower, Kaw levee, oxeye daisy, Prairie Park, rabbitsfoot lespedeza, redwinged blackbird, shorebird, showy partridge pea, slender mountain mint, sunflower, teal, turkey vulture, Wells Overlook, wild turkey, yarrow. Leave a comment

September 30 – October 6, 2013 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 29, 2013, in Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged aster, Clinton lake, cricket, dragonfly, gentian, grasshopper, Kaw River, papaw, persimmon, redwinged blackbird, snakeroot, Wakarusa Wetlands, zodiacal light. Leave a comment

September 23 – 29, 2013 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on September 22, 2013, in Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged AK, birdcast.info, dried grass arrangements, eagle, Fairbanks, grasshopper, loss of daylight, pelican, prairie festival, redwinged blackbird, seagull, Wakarusa Wetlands. Leave a comment

August 5 – 11, 2013 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on August 4, 2013, in August, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged algae, bluebird, cardinal, cattail, darner, dickcissel, dove, dragonfly, duckweed, finch, fish, frog, grackle, lotus, mosquitoes, northern oriole, phoebe, quail, rattlenake master, redwinged blackbird, snake, sparrow, summer wildflowers, warbling vireo, wren. 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.

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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.

Light of Day Returns Moon: February

The Osage’s name, Light of Day Returns Moon, points to the fact that this time of year adds 13 minutes more sunlight per week, and the weekly gains will accelerate. Light is more of a biological trigger for animals than temperature, and the length of the photoperiod triggers endocrine activities that lead to a host of behaviors including breeding cycled, migrations and fur growth.

You may notice that not only is the sun rising earlier and setting later, but it is also migrating northward at the point of sunset/sunrise on the horizon. another way to char the sun’s progression north is to watch the shadows at noon grow progressively shorter as the transit point at noon gets higher in the sky.

Fear not–spring is on its way, and the signs are fun to ferret out in these prevernal days: look for reddening of dogwood twigs, while willow twigs turn yellow; increasing bird songs in the morning; the emerging snowdrops and crocuses, perhaps the early croaks of the western chorus frog on a warmer evening after a rain.

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Kansas Area Watershed Council
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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
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