"Through the Seasons"
     with Jim Gilbert
      Campus Naturalist and Director, Linnaeus Arboretum
 
Journal Entries During the 1998-99 School Year

 
August 27, 1999 - Singing Insects
August 20 - Evolution of the Tomato
August 13 - Hummingbirds
 
July 30 - Ducks and Geese
July 23 - In Search of Wild Blueberries
July 16 - Common Milkweed
July 9 - Purple Martins
July 2 - Raspberries
 
June 25 - Female Hummingbird...
June 18 - Summer Solstice
June 11 - Dragonflies
June 4 - Fireflies
 
May 28 - June Bugs Face Many Obstacles
May 21 - Northen Pike
May 14 - The Walleye Can Take Time to Catch
May 7 - The Morel: Minnesota's Mushroom
 
April 30 - Robins Are Birds of a Feather...
April 23 - Painted Turtles Sunning
April 16 - The Barn Swallow
April 9 - Arrival of the Loon
April 2 - Garter Snakes
 
March 26 - Bluebirds Have Returned
March 19 - Vernal Equinox
March 12 - Sugar Maples
 
February 26 - Mourning Doves
February 19 - The Cottontail Rabbit
February 12 - Snow
February 5 - Rose Hips
 
January 29 - Spring Is on the Way
January 22 - European Starlings
January 15 - A Look at Sparrows
January 8 - Tracks in the Snow
January 1, 1999 - Close to the Sun
 
December 25, 1998 - Northern Cardinal
December 18 - Winter Solstice
December 11 - Evergreens
December 4 - Muskrats
 
November 27 - Birds Like Water
November 20 - Notes on Hibernation
November 13 - Feed the Birds
November 6 - White-Tailed Deer
 
October 30 - Pumpkins
October 23 - Striped Skunk
October 16 - Canada Geese
October 9 - Red Squirrels
October 2 - The Joys of Walking
 
September 25 - American Bittersweet
September 18 - Signs of Autumn
September 11 - Monarchs Migrating
September 4, 1998 - Green Darner Dragonflies
 

* These entries were originally published as "Jim Gilbert's Outdoors Journal" on Fridays on the Outdoors page of the Minneapolis Star Tribune .
 


 
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