tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343446262011-07-30T14:17:42.862-05:00Beyond Main StreetOne Minnesotan couple's attempt at natural literacyBeyond Main Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-1782387699418470392011-07-30T14:16:00.002-05:002011-07-30T14:17:42.873-05:002011-07-30T14:17:42.873-05:00<summary /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/178238769941847039/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=178238769941847039" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/178238769941847039?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/178238769941847039?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lC_T2JLXqyU/TjRYtvMMIaI/AAAAAAAABkE/baD4MuSnPBI/s72-c/dragonfly%2Bon%2Bgod%2Bknows%2Bwhat.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEEFRng9cSp7ImA9WhdSFU4.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-330403333601143997</id><published>2011-07-24T14:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T14:43:37.669-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-07-24T14:43:37.669-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phenology" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>A shot of one of the several humminbird moths hanging out, sipping nectar, and pairing off in the native garden out back. They seem particularly drawn to the islands of swamp milkweed blooming in the sea of bergamot, boneset, and joe pye weed.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/330403333601143997/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=330403333601143997" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/330403333601143997?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/330403333601143997?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/07/shot-of-one-of-several-humminbird-moths.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oO1SkSUlPGM/Tix1u_kaC4I/AAAAAAAABj4/bqcXRDhj0LA/s72-c/hummingbird%2Bmoth.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"Ck8BR3k8fSp7ImA9WhZbE08.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-4809182355932594756</id><published>2011-06-17T09:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T09:27:36.775-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-17T09:27:36.775-05:00</app:edited><title>Damselfly eating InsectDamselfly eating Insect, a photo by BBureau on Flickr.Clearly remember the day I took this shot. It was with a digital camera about six mega pixels which seemed massive at the time. Macro didn't work on zoom, so had to creep up to the damselfly, always staying just below it (as they seem to interpret predators as coming from above.) Got the photo from about six inches away, and could hear Beyond Main Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-28504626408496186882011-06-12T20:32:00.002-05:002011-06-12T20:34:26.344-05:002011-06-12T20:34:26.344-05:00<summary>The mosquitos in Linwood Forest moved like cumulus. Must be all the standing water.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/2850462640849618688/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=2850462640849618688" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/2850462640849618688?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/2850462640849618688?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/06/mosquitos-in-linwood-forest-moved-like.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ea8JcTroED0/TfVo4PvCjPI/AAAAAAAABPo/hagzPIdX3sQ/s72-c/june%2Btrip.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CE8GQHo4eip7ImA9WhZUFUo.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-1631976906278845941</id><published>2011-06-08T17:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T17:40:21.432-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-08T17:40:21.432-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>Canada AnemoneFalse Indigo</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/1631976906278845941/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=1631976906278845941" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/1631976906278845941?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/1631976906278845941?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/06/canada-anemone-false-indigo.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EfbU5GkdkA/Te_6JHe_l3I/AAAAAAAABOo/XoagfJuaTnw/s72-c/canada%2Banemone.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEEFRHcycCp7ImA9WhZUE0w.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-8773517868429941656</id><published>2011-06-05T18:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-05T18:30:15.998-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-05T18:30:15.998-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>False Solomon's Seal, a woodland plant known for its spiky 'crown' of star-shaped white flowers. Bears speckled berries in mid/late summer. 'True' Solomon's Seal is closely related, but has hanging, bell-shaped flowers. Not sure how it got its Biblical-sounding name.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/8773517868429941656/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=8773517868429941656" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8773517868429941656?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8773517868429941656?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/06/false-solomons-seal-woodland-plant.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zfblJthNORw/TewQwJvKsbI/AAAAAAAABOY/mrF5fP9ftgg/s72-c/IMG_2615.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0MHQXg-fip7ImA9WhZUEkQ.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-648165873939718520</id><published>2011-06-05T12:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-05T12:37:10.656-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-05T12:37:10.656-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>Prairie Smoke, a rather unusual native named for its pink, filamentous bloom</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/648165873939718520/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=648165873939718520" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/648165873939718520?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/648165873939718520?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/06/prairie-smoke-rather-unusual-native.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-obOVntVQcjs/Teu-N-dNpAI/AAAAAAAABOQ/8r4EFUpjSUA/s72-c/IMG_2628%2Bcopy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEUHQ3k4fCp7ImA9WhZVF0w.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-6152655656069532402</id><published>2011-05-29T19:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-29T19:43:52.734-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-29T19:43:52.734-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary> Cool. Columbine going absolutely crazy this year. Wild Bergamot clusters starting to pop up. Glade mallow foliage coming up in clumps.Currently in bloom: ColumbineJacob's LadderMarsh MarigoldMohican ViburnumWild Geranium</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/6152655656069532402/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=6152655656069532402" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6152655656069532402?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6152655656069532402?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/05/cool.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SDqeiV0iTNk/TeLnUBtRh2I/AAAAAAAABOE/fYTSmvGbTRM/s72-c/IMG_2543%2Bcopy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"AkMHQ3oyeCp7ImA9WhZVEk0.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-7157956674289481869</id><published>2011-05-23T22:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T22:40:32.490-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-23T22:40:32.490-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firsts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><title /><summary>First Gray Tree Frog seen on the windowsil this evening. Spring Peepers and Chorus frogs calling outside.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/7157956674289481869/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=7157956674289481869" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7157956674289481869?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7157956674289481869?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/05/first-gray-tree-frog-seen-on-windowsil.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CUMAQ3w-eSp7ImA9WhZXGEQ.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-7213694101614093553</id><published>2011-05-08T17:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T17:24:02.251-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-08T17:24:02.251-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firsts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><title /><summary>First Oriole of the year spotted today. Toads trilling throughout the day.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/7213694101614093553/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=7213694101614093553" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7213694101614093553?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7213694101614093553?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/05/first-oriole-of-year-spotted-today.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"AkQHQHo8fyp7ImA9WhZXGEw.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-8211187356993834546</id><published>2011-05-07T20:30:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T20:32:11.477-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-07T20:32:11.477-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>Prairie SmokeTrees just starting to bud. Red-winged blackbirds draining feeders on a weekly basis.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/8211187356993834546/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=8211187356993834546" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8211187356993834546?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8211187356993834546?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/05/prairie-smoke-trees-just-starting-to.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QXIwjH_8f1s/TcXyUJ87AQI/AAAAAAAABN8/dsc_RsOSAUU/s72-c/IMG_2431%2Bcopy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DU4ERX88cSp7ImA9WhZQEEs.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-8482569272733030072</id><published>2011-04-17T14:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T14:18:24.179-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-17T14:18:24.179-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="trees" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><title /><summary>Maples are flowering.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/8482569272733030072/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=8482569272733030072" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8482569272733030072?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/8482569272733030072?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/04/maples-are-flowering.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2GdkO8g__V0/Tas8RHvzQxI/AAAAAAAABN0/RSSAJytSiU0/s72-c/IMG_2263%2Bcopy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CkIFQ3o-cCp7ImA9WhZRE0Q.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-6208136795190489518</id><published>2011-04-09T18:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T18:08:32.458-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-09T18:08:32.458-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="boating" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="twin cities" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><title /><summary>Went down to check out Martin Lake. It's larger than Typo, and about the same distance from us (a few miles.) Noticed piping call Spring Peepers interspersed with the Chorus Frogs. The decibles these tiny guys pump out are amazing. For something the size of a paperclip, their call can be heard for a quarter mile or more. If they were the size of humans, the shockwave produced by their calls </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/6208136795190489518/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=6208136795190489518" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6208136795190489518?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6208136795190489518?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/04/went-down-to-check-out-martin-lake.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"Ak4DRH88fCp7ImA9WhZREU4.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-3118596801596769012</id><published>2011-04-06T20:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T20:16:15.174-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-06T20:16:15.174-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phenology" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pond garden" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><title /><summary>In twenty minutes counted (by either sight or sound) a bald eagle, a white-tailed deer, several robins, a flock of red-winged blackbirds, and a pair of wood ducks, and a growing number of chorus frogs. Wonder how long it is before I'll be hearing the Grey Frogs in my backyard pond.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/3118596801596769012/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=3118596801596769012" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/3118596801596769012?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/3118596801596769012?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-twenty-minutes-counted-by-either.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"C04DR3s9eyp7ImA9WhZREEs.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-726134242188507438</id><published>2011-04-05T22:50:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T22:52:56.563-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-05T22:52:56.563-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phenology" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><title /><summary>A slow trill like a finger being dragged across the teeth of a barber's comb echos across the wetlands; the chorus frogs have come out of their frozen slumber before the snow is even off the ground. The call is slow at first, speeding up at the temperature rises.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/726134242188507438/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=726134242188507438" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/726134242188507438?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/726134242188507438?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2011/04/slow-trill-like-finger-being-dragged.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CkYNQ388cSp7ImA9Wx5XGUg.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-4498983333922456483</id><published>2010-09-19T21:33:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T21:36:32.179-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-19T21:36:32.179-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fall color" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fall" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><title /><summary>The leaves are already starting to turn due to the recent cold snap that has temps overnight in the 50s. Mostly it's just the sugar maples turning; Sumac are already almost gone.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/4498983333922456483/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=4498983333922456483" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/4498983333922456483?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/4498983333922456483?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/09/leaves-are-already-starting-to-turn-due.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TJbISixk-AI/AAAAAAAABNk/72WjVuHTs74/s72-c/leaves_changing.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DUUAQHg5fip7ImA9Wx5REUo.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-7424275986244139756</id><published>2010-08-18T19:11:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T19:20:41.626-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-18T19:20:41.626-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary> Monarchs sometimes choose odd places to coccoon.Humid again -- and rainy. Low 80's. Butterfly weed and Wild Berhamot have both petered out. Milkweed beetle eggs and young seen on Swamp Milkweed. Turtlehead and Showy Goldenrod almost ready to pop. Sandhill Cranes heard in the fields.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/7424275986244139756/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=7424275986244139756" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7424275986244139756?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/7424275986244139756?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/monarchs-sometimes-choose-odd-places-to.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TGx29aM9V-I/AAAAAAAABNM/SxPNiC03hEY/s72-c/monarch+on+garage+door+copy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"C0QERHg6fyp7ImA9Wx5SGUw.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-6019423196140391908</id><published>2010-08-15T17:09:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T17:28:25.617-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-15T17:28:25.617-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary>Rainy most fo the past few days, then windy Saturday and today. Cooler temps... almost like fall. Goldenrod in the woods exploding into bloom, and the Red Admirals are all over them. Counter seven on them at once point.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/6019423196140391908/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=6019423196140391908" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6019423196140391908?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6019423196140391908?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/rainy-most-fo-past-few-days-then-windy.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TGhpktBiRYI/AAAAAAAABM8/q8MjLw4CPOk/s72-c/red+admiral3.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DU8AQHYyeCp7ImA9Wx5SE0s.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-4057143965988726329</id><published>2010-08-09T10:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T10:30:41.890-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-09T10:30:41.890-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary>Warm, 70s, a bit humid, patches of fog. Counted three Monarch caterpillars in the front garden this morning.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/4057143965988726329/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=4057143965988726329" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/4057143965988726329?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/4057143965988726329?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/warm-70s-bit-humid-patches-of-fog.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"A08ARXc_eyp7ImA9Wx5SE00.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-5530589023509258549</id><published>2010-08-08T18:15:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T18:24:04.943-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-08T18:24:04.943-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="invasives" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="storms" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frogs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary>High 80's, very muggy. Almost like a broth outside. Storms yesterday, light rain today.Lots of Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed outside, and loads of small, plain yellow butterflies seen all over the cities. Glade Mallow finally petered out, while Butterfly Weed is still holding on.Loons heard on the local lakes, and wife spotted our first hummingbird. Counted eight young tree frogs on </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/5530589023509258549/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=5530589023509258549" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/5530589023509258549?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/5530589023509258549?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/high-80s-very-muggy.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TF87UvUozDI/AAAAAAAABM0/-YVuts4wkBQ/s72-c/monarch+chewing+seedpod.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CUUER346eSp7ImA9Wx5TGEk.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-2329169404872082280</id><published>2010-08-03T08:34:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T08:46:46.011-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-03T08:46:46.011-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><title /><summary>Like a rain forest this morning; oppressively muggy with a cumulus cloud of fog over everything north of Hugo. Rain much of Sunday and all but a few hours yesterday. Temps in the 90s yesterday with the dewpoint in the upper 70s towards evening. Expected to be in the 90s today as well.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/2329169404872082280/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=2329169404872082280" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/2329169404872082280?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/2329169404872082280?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/like-rain-forest-this-morning-hot-and.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CEAHRn08eip7ImA9Wx5TGEk.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-118432640971074190</id><published>2010-08-01T16:53:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T08:38:57.372-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-03T08:38:57.372-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary>Muggy, raining. Woodland Goldenrod coming into their own; the golden clusters blazing into bloom and rolling like a fire slowly inwards towards their tall stems.Saw turkeys out with their young along Stacy Rd, and several Sandhill cranes out in the fields along 61.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/118432640971074190/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=118432640971074190" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/118432640971074190?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/118432640971074190?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/08/muggy-raining.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TFXvKbDEKmI/AAAAAAAABMc/5oYml55oVQ0/s72-c/monarch+on+purple+coneflower+copy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"AkADQXY7cSp7ImA9Wx5TFEk.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-9103429347606322097</id><published>2010-07-29T18:55:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T19:12:50.809-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-29T19:12:50.809-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phenology" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary> The name is almost unromantic Cooler, less humid, 80's.A number of native wildflowers coming into their own this week, including Sweet Joe Pye Weed, Ironweed, Sneezeweed, and Tall Boneset. Bumblebees seem prevalent this year. Have seen more of them than wasps and yellow jackets combined. Monarchs remain common. Though I haven't seen any Red Admirals lately, my wife spotted a Tiger </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/9103429347606322097/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=9103429347606322097" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/9103429347606322097?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/9103429347606322097?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/07/name-is-almost-unromantic-cooler-less.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TFIXSaE0IDI/AAAAAAAABMU/W9P0VISpNYs/s72-c/sneezeweed2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0EFQXw_fip7ImA9Wx5TEko.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-6504804404332328694</id><published>2010-07-27T19:03:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T19:06:50.246-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-27T19:06:50.246-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="storms" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><title /><summary>Dark skies overhead, and lots of activity on the radar. Winds whipping by from the W at 30+ MPH, with small grey to charcoal clouds scudding away from the body of the storm. Was a very humid 88 earlier today, seems to have plummeted into the 70s.</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/6504804404332328694/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=6504804404332328694" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6504804404332328694?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6504804404332328694?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/07/dark-skies-overhead-and-lots-of.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TE90VbfjP2I/AAAAAAAABMM/FGTfqZdEwtI/s72-c/storm.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0EGQnw5fyp7ImA9Wx5TEE8.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344626.post-6408410119222610652</id><published>2010-07-24T21:21:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-24T21:40:23.227-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-24T21:40:23.227-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flowers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies" /><title /><summary>Blazing star and Purple Prairie Clover both exploding into bloom this week. Wild Bergamot going strong. Swamp Milkweed and Butterflyweed starting to slowly peter out. Joe Pye Weed and Forest Goldenrod is just about ready to pop. Heavy seems to have brought on the early maturation of many of these plants; remember years back that Joe Pye Weed was not blooming until late September.Monarchs seen</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/feeds/6408410119222610652/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34344626&postID=6408410119222610652" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6408410119222610652?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34344626/posts/default/6408410119222610652?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://beyondmainst.blogspot.com/2010/07/blazing-star-and-purple-prairie-clover.html" title="" /><author><name>Beyond Main Street Project</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05402800509365738641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_motynOo8zFs/TEujV9A7ZyI/AAAAAAAABL8/vV5sBxm3MA0/s72-c/purple+prairie+clover.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>