Yesterday afternoon, while scoping a duck flock on a Wayne County farm pond, I had a dragonfly flash through my field of view. As unlikely as it would seem...
Aaron et al: I was wondering when the first sighting would be with this unusually warm weather (those who don't believe in global warming need to do more...
Michael S Hummel
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Apr 2, 2003 9:35 pm
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Hello all, After the last message I went out to a pond int the Black Hawk Game Managment Area on the South edge of Lake View here in Sac Co. After sitting a...
Michael S Hummel
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Apr 2, 2003 10:46 pm
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For all you bug watchers out there...I just added early and late dates this winter based on Cruden and Gode's paper plus a few of my own meager sightings. I...
From: Paseka <paseka@...> Reply-To: NEBirds@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:18:07 -0600 To: NEBirds <NEBirds@yahoogroups.com> Subject:...
ttorwig@...
Apr 3, 2003 12:46 am
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This new Bird Conservation Area could attract birders from around the country, and could enhance the local tourist economy while it also helps the area's...
ttorwig@...
Apr 3, 2003 12:48 am
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Great work AJ...
budgode@...
Apr 3, 2003 10:02 pm
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We've spotted butterflies! 2 Meadow Fritillaries at Grays Lake in Des Moines 1 Mourning Cloak and 1 Meadow Frit in my own backyard in north Des Moines I also...
Hello, The Iowa State Senate passed a bill yesterday (SF 344) that contains an amendment (Senate Amendment 3121) that says the state DOT does not have to ...
nutrush
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Apr 4, 2003 4:58 am
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Hello, The DNR's Wildlife Bureau is working with ISU on a study of a wind farm in Worth County. Mark...
Mark Leoschke
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Apr 7, 2003 6:29 pm
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Hello, The question had come up as to which Iowa species are on the federal threatened and endangered species list: PLANTS Monkshood Prairie bush clover Mead's...
I saw this book at the Dragonfly Society of the America's meeting in West Virginia last summer. I is very well done with lots of colored plates. It is a bit...
Michael S Hummel
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Apr 10, 2003 6:51 pm
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Today while birding at Red Rock W.A. north of Pleasantville in Marion County, I found three Varigated Meadowhawks(Sympetrum corruptum). A mated pair was...
Hello Iowa Botanists and Entomologists, Alan Branhagen is a native of Decorah, Iowa who received a Bachelors Degree in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State...
I happened to pick up a new butterfly book--Kaufman Focus Guides Butterflies of North America by Jim Brock and Kenn Kaufman. The illustrations are really good...
Today, April 21, I saw a couple of red admiral butterflies "fighting" in the afternoon, about 3:00. These are the first butterflies I have seen this year...
Lloyd Crim
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Apr 22, 2003 1:38 am
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I took the day off and did some camera therapy today at Berry Woods, a TNC preserve in Warren County. The place is just thick with spring beauty. The day...
Hello, I found out about this green evil the hard way years ago at Clay Prairie State Preserve in Butler County. I pulled it up while wearing a T-shirt and...
Mark Leoschke
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Apr 22, 2003 3:46 pm
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Yesterday I saw five species of butterflies--black swallowtails (a mating pair), many cabbage whites, a couple of yellow sulfurs, a couple of red admirals, and...
I collected and raised black swallowtail caterpillars for a few years about a decade ago, I think. (Argh, decades are passing faster than they used to.) The...
I saw a lot of butterflies today--I must have seen over a dozen black swallowtails. I saw my first eastern tailed blue (I am pretty sure of the ID, but did...
In a message dated 4/25/03 8:50:59 PM Central Daylight Time, bugs@... writes: << I saw my first eastern tailed blue >> Hello! Yes! I am glad that...
janetgreer@...
Apr 26, 2003 1:58 am
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Hi all, What a great day to be out in the woods. Near our cabin in Jones County today, I saw Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, American Lady, Spring Azure, Cabbage ...
Dr. Mike Lannoo, from Ball State and Lakeside Lab will be speaking on "Declining Amphibians: Causes and Consequences," at McAuley Aud. Mt Mercy College. Monday...
dws1108@...
Apr 27, 2003 2:33 pm
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Hello everyone: Its been interesting reading about the butterfly species being seen around the area, but the dragonflies seem to be slower in making their ...