Cover Photo Credit: Red-Winged Blackbird by Catherine Mullhaupt/Audubon Photography Awards Summer means baby birds. Our permanent and summer residents have built nests literally everywhere—eaves, crooks of trees, shrubs and thickets, hollows, the open ends of pipes, and even on the ground—with the…
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Cover Photo Credit: Northern Shoveler by Ed MacKerrow/Audubon Photography Awards Though we hardly had a winter, spring is coming nonetheless. I’ve already had my first case of poison ivy from wearing short sleeves on an 80-degree late February day. And the birds are rushing to catch up. Male…
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Welcome to the most wonderful weekend of the year! Winter Wonder Weekend is three full days bursting with holiday cheer and festive fun centered around the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023. It's one of the most unique parades in the world…
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Whatever your skill level, Lawrence is a great place for birding! As we townies like to boast, if you drive for 10 minutes (or bicycle for 15 or 20), you’re in the country. There are also some nice little pockets of habitat tucked right into town as well. Maybe you’re already a seasoned birder and…
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You know we love to be the bearer of good news... So we'll go ahead and announce that it's finally the most wonderful time of the year! The next few weeks in Lawrence, KS are Festive with a capital F. We've got numerous holiday markets with locally made art, crafts, and artisanal goods. We have one…
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Spring Break. Ah, just thinking about those words separately is like music to my ears. If you’re like me, you love the sense of freshness and new growth that SPRING represents. And who couldn’t use a BREAK right about now?! We hunkered down and started staying-at-home nearly a year ago. We learned…
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