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Pearl & Axel report from their cabin in Marcell, MN #phenology
"while we were swimming we saw an osprey dive down into the water to catch fish"
also a wolf spider with an egg sack
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Long lake Conservation Center in Palisade, MN #phenology
Finn & Sawyer report common bladderwort, yellow pond-lily, dragon's mouth orchid, grass pink orchid & more!
painted turtles sunning on logs
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Pine point from white earth reservation made a trip to Long lake CC in Palisade, MN #phenology
tent caterpillars everywhere
loons and otters and leeches in the lake
unplug, get outside, go canoeing and LIVE CONNECTED!
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thomas went to Long lake conservation center in Palisade, MN this week #phenology
large hatch of dragonflies emerging from the lake - most common was a widow skimmer - black and white and large
they won't go hungry, that's for sure!
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North Shore Comm School Duluth, MN #phenology
milkweed 6-8" tall
apple trees and lilacs starting blooming
Brown black bear spotted eating fallen bird seed - keep your garbage in a sheltered area
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Long lake conservation center in palisade, MN #phenology
bog siting of marsh marigolds, bog rosemary, leatherleaf, and the first fluffs of cottongrass
"we felt the soft new needles and tiny purple cones of the tamarack"
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Final report from Shakopee, MN west middle school #phenology
tadpoles
willows dispersing seeds
tartarian honeysuckle - an invasive
blue phlox
marsh marigold
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Grand Rapids, MN
Look for white booms of the Juneberries - they bloom synchronously; all blooms at once
but fruit is asynchronously
latimer suggests you harvest the berries, they are delicious!
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it takes a special group of kids to identify & count 21 slugs
from Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade, MN #phenology
world became green seemingly overnight
beavers busy, spiders & tri-colored bumblebees
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Eagle View Elementary #phenology from Pequot lakes, MN
we have been learning about all the sounds frogs & toads make
lots of spring peepers & we found a wood frog
at night the frogs are SO LOUD!
be tick smart & check for ticks when you've been outside
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baxter, mn elementary #phenology
on 5/8 maple bud broke
on 5/13 lilacs leafed out
on 5/8 apple trees leafed out
seen lots of turtles, deer scat, grasshopper, woolly bear caterpillar
lots of ticks!
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Shakopee West Middle School, MN #phenology
all about flowers, flowers, flowers
& bugs, bugs bugs
cherry blossoms have lavishly burst into flowers & sweet smells
in bloom: lilacs, hepatica, large white trillium
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We're talking about the Bee Atlas project from U of MN Bee Lab tune in at 8:40
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Grand Rapids, MN #phenology
ovenbirds are back calling "teacher teacher teacher"
rose breasted grosbeaks back
brown thrasher - they are incredible singers
Akeley, MN silver wren, palm warblers, black and white warblers and more
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Latimer from GrRapids, MN #phenology
tamaracks beginning to show green on their facicles
red maples are budding - if there's a bit of yellow on the flower, it's male, if they are red and they have some fingers sticking out they are female
peepers 14 days late
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Latimer from GrRapids, MN #phenology
leafing out (stem of first leaf emergest - petiole):
red elderberry
nannyberry
canada fly honeysuckle
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Eagle View Elementary in Pequot lakes, MN #phenology
3rd grade learning diff between lichens & moss
2 beavers on rice lake, very busy cutting trees & dam getting big
spring peepers loud at night
Oscar, a 1st grader, brought in frog eggs - now 40 tiny tadpoles
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North Shore Comm School in Duluth, MN #phenology
red dogwood along ryan road by school now visible because snow is gone
frogs making a ruckus - they croak to attract a mate
hermit thrush singing in school forest
ruby crowned kinglets, yellow bellied sapsuckers
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Crooked lake elementary visited Long lake conservation center in Palisade, mN #phenology
garter snakes in good numbers
blue jays, white throat sparrows, yellow rumped warblers, woodcock
a number of ticks found - a mean one pulled off a kid
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ALT yellow rumped warbler from Season Watch Sue Keeler
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