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October 21 – 27, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 20, 2019, in Prairie and tagged ash, blackbird, box elder beetle, cormorant, deer, fall colors, ladybug, maple, native grasses, oak, packrat, raptor, seagull, seed collecting, shorebir, shrubs, songbird, squirrel, toad, turtle, vines, waterfowl. Leave a comment

August 26 – Sept. 1, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on August 25, 2019, in August, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged acorn, big bluestem, blackbird migration, boneset, croton, dew, euphorbia corollata, euphorbia cyathophora, fall thistles, fog, gentian, goldenrods, hedge apples, perennial sunflowers, Pitcher's sage, purpletop, seed collecting, snow-on-the-mountain, spiderwebs, swamp milkweed, walnut. Leave a comment

October 8 – 14, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 7, 2018, in Kansas, nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged boneset, cricket, fall colors, fall mushrooms, goldenrod, hedge apples, Illinois bundleflower, migration, milkweed seeds, native grass seed, oak hickory woodland, sawtooth sunflower, seed collecting, tree frog. 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 28 – November 3, 2013 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 27, 2013, in Kansas, nature observation, November, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged aster, Clinton lake, daddy longlegs, deer rutting season, eastern red cedar, fall colors, geese, Perry Lake, raccoon, seed collecting, shorebirds, winter wheat. Leave a comment

October 15-21, 2012 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 14, 2012, in nature observation, October, phenology, Prairie and tagged Baldwin Woods, Clinton lake, fall colors, Kansas Land Trust, migratory birds, Orionid meteor shower, Peterson Road Park, Prairie Park, Riverfront Park, Rolks road Park, seed collecting, Wakarusa Wetlands. 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.

June: Buffalo Pawing Earth Moon

The Osage, like many of the eastern horticultural tribes who inhabited the woodland/prairie transition zone from Minnesota to Texas, planted extensive gardens in the spring, then left the children and grandparents to tend them while most of the tribe went west to hunt bison. This is reflected in the name of the summer moons, which chronicle the behavior of the primary protein source for these tribes.

The parade of prairie flowers that began in May continues in earnest in June, with each week unfolding a new flavor of colors as wave after wave of wildflowers compete for the sunlight with the growing warm season prairie grasses. June also sees berries ripening, ranging from mulberries and blackberries to wild raspberries, gooseberries and currants.

Mammals are busy raising young, and some birds are starting second litters as the wheat ripens in the fields. Corn grows noticeably on a daily basis this month, and soybeans go from green rows in dark fields to a carpet of green. The summer solstice arrives on June 21st and the entire landscape seems to be alive with life as a result of the energy-filled longest days of the year. Nights are shorter, but full in its own way with the sounds of night life and the beautiful summer constellations in the sky,

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Kansas Area Watershed Council
Kansas Birding Listserv
University of Kansas Student Farm
Sustainability Action Network
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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
Rolling Prairie Alliance

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