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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

January 7 – 13, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 6, 2019, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged diapause, ducks, eagles, Eagles Day, falcons, geese, great blue heron, hawks, monarch butterfly, owls, praying mantis, prickly pear cactus, spider gossamer, waterfowl. Leave a comment

February 26 – March 4, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on February 25, 2018, in February, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged animal tracks, cottontail, coyote, crocus, deer, Douglas County Natural and Cultural Heritage Program, hedge apple, Kansas Biological Survey, moss, muskrat, osage orange, raccoon, snowdrop, spider gossamer, sporulation, squirrel, turkey vulture. Leave a comment

November 6 – 12, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on November 5, 2017, in nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged cricket, crows, deer collisions, dragonfly, duck, grasshopper, hedge apple, maple leaves, milkweed seeds, raptor, shorebird, sparrow, spider gossamer, winter flock. Leave a comment

August 28 – Sept. 3, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on August 28, 2017, in August, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged annual sunflower, ashy sunflower, bidens, blackbird flocks, cricket, fog, giant ragweed, goldenrods, grasshoppers, hummingbird, katydid, praying mantis, spider gossamer, spiranthes, sweet coneflower, walking stick, western ragweed. Leave a comment

February 27 – March 5, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on February 26, 2017, in February, Kansas, March, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged ant lion, Baldwin Woods, cardinal, Clinton lake, cottontail, coyote, crawdad, Douglas County State Lake, elm flower, evening primrose, honeysuckle, indiangrass, Loess Bluff National Wildlife Refuge, maple flower, mole, mourning dove, multiflora rose, Perry Reservoir, Pomona Lake, redtailed hawk, snow geese, spider gossamer, sunset, switchgrass, western chorus frog, woodcock. 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

November 3 – 9, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on November 3, 2014, in Kansas, nature observation, November, phenology, Prairie and tagged acorn redbud, cricket, deer rutting season, dragonfly, grasshopper, honeysuckle, ironwood, locust seed pod, post oak, red oak, spider gossamer, white oak. 1 Comment

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This entry was posted on September 3, 2012, in nature observation, phenology, Prairie, September and tagged box elder beetles, daddy longlegs, orthoptera, ragweed, spider gossamer, turkey feather. 2 Comments

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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.

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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Kansas Area Watershed Council
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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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