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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Can a Moss Bring You to Tears?
At yesterday’s Iowa Prairie Network winter meeting one of the speakers recounted how, during a BioBlitz, one of the team leaders started showing and naming a number of mosses, liverworts, and lichens. She said it became such an emotional experience … Continue reading
In Honor of Prairies
I attended the Iowa Prairie Network Winter Meeting today. Tallgrass prairies are an ecotype that covered a significant part of Iowa prior to the settlement by people of European descent. Less than a fraction of a percent is left. A … Continue reading
Purple Coneflower in Winter
Purple coneflowers are great butterfly flowers. They stand tall and provide a good landing spot for even the largest of butterflies. The light purple petals provide a contrast with the red spikes. The red admiral shown a few days previously … Continue reading
A Thin Layer of Snow
We had temperatures that were a few degrees above freezing today. It was sunny and calm and may have seemed warmer than it actually was. I looked for some small creatures to photograph. Instead I found this thin layer of … Continue reading
Missing Summer
I was missing summer a little bit–especially the opportunities to take photographs of insects. So I went through some of the photos I took this summer. Here is a red admiral. The photo was taken July 27, 2011. Six weeks … Continue reading
Moving Forward
I have been temporarily sidelined from some of my blogging activities because of a busy schedule, coupled with a very slow internet connection. We have one of those services that limits the download speed once a certain threshold has been … Continue reading
Marshmallows in Oskaloosa
I got the new issue of National Geographic magazine the other day. Page 22 of the February 2012 issue has a map drawn by some guy from New York. He visited a number of dating web sites, analyzed the words … Continue reading
Commentary
We have a recent news report of American fighters in Afghanistan posing while urinating on some dead Afghanis, presumably belonging to the Taliban. The video was posted to Utube. The activity of a few individuals was shocking. It was disrespectful, … Continue reading
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 137: A Final Indignity
Black Hawk suffered a final indignity in death. His grave was robbed. There is an account of a part of the theft in Annals of Iowa, Volume XIII, No. 6, October, 1922. This is part of an account by Mrs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hawk, grave robbers, Indian removal
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 136: The Death of Black Hawk
From Stevens, 1903: “Black Hawk’s cabin stood about one hundred feet from the north bank of the Des Moines River, a few rods from that of Mr. James H. Jordan, the agent. Near it, on the sloping bank, stood two … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hawk, death, General Street, Iowa History
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