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a possum in a crabapple tree by normanack Look at that cute possum visiting his local crabapple tree for a winter snack. I doubt he’s a Kansas prairie opossum, but he could be, bear with me. Preparing for Winter Let’s say you want a quick lesson in preparing for winter. What lessons can you learn from a [...] Red Maple Goodness by Clearly Ambiguous Fall in Kansas wouldn’t be fall without the red, yellow, and orange of maple leaves dancing in the sunshine, swirling, gusting, and drifting to set the ground on fire. Maples in Eastern Kansas include red maple Acer rubrum, silver maple Acer saccharinum, and sugar maple Acer saccharum. Sugar maple [...] Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) by earlycj5 Most of Kansas was once covered in prairie. Only 4% of North America’s original prairie remains today, with 80% of that in Kansas (1). But what of the costs of prairie restoration? How is prairie brought back, assuming we want to? Let’s look at an example of Kansas prairie [...] Ursus americanus – Tahoe Black Bear 3 by RickC Continuing our journey through the Kansas mammals, today I bring you Ursidae (bears) and Felidae (felines, or cats). The black bear doesn’t live in Kansas any more. While it just looks wrong to see a black bear in the street, I’m thinking there is still some [...] Canis latrans – Urban Coyote by Dru Bloomfield Living in a metropolitan area most often means being isolated from wildlife. I’m only just beginning to understand which animals are actually native to Kansas. Canis lupus – Gray Wolf II by dalliedee To help me, and you, see I’ve put together a little photo collection here on [...] |
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