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October 25 – 31, 2021 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 24, 2021, in Prairie and tagged falling leaves, hedge apples, prairie colors, seed collecting, Wakarusa river. Leave a comment

October 11 – 17, 2021 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 10, 2021, in Prairie and tagged gentian, migration, seed collecting. Leave a comment

October 4 – 10, 2021 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 3, 2021, in Prairie and tagged Andromeda galaxy, asters, honeysuckle, seed collecting, spider gossamer. 2 Comments

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.

Yellow Flower Moon – August

Thoreau noticed how many of the flowers of August and September resemble the beaming sun. So did the Osage Indians of this area, who named the moon for this observation.

“Yellow is very definitely the color of August; even the bluestem seems gold-washed at a distance, especially when blooming. Thought thistles and other flowers are the pastel blue and lavender, the sunflowers and the prairie goldenrods are glowing yellow. Yellow butterflies predominate, and the brilliant yellow goldfinch comes to the ridges to tear at the thistle and to find something in the hear of the sunflower.” -The Osages, p. 109, by John Joseph Mathews

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