Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Severson Dells Notes: Kishwaukee River watershed a treasure
By Don Miller, Education Director, Severson Dells Nature Center
At a “Save the Kishwaukee” event Feb. 13, I was asked to talk about canoeing the Kishwaukee River and about the mussels that can be found there. The following is what I had to say.
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
2009 Summer Camps at Severson Dells
Camp Peek-Into-Creek
Grade level: 2nd-5th Grade (2008-2009 school year)
Tuesday-Thursday, June 16-18, 2009 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
(Early and late drop offs and pick-ups can be arranged)
$55.00 Members of “Friends of Severson Dells”; $70.00 Non-members (Multiple sibling discount available)
Dive into the ecology of stream life; whet your appetite and wet your feet. Take part in the A, B, […]
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Don Miller speaks on canoeing the Kish and of its endangered mussels
Severson Dells Nature Center’s Don Miller has spent hundreds of hours floating the Kishwaukee River in Winnebago County. Make sure you hear his description of the love life of the endangered black sand shell, a state threatened mussel that lives in the Kish.
This speech was made Feb. 13, 2009, at a forum, Save The Kishwaukee. […]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Severson Dells Notes: Thoughts on an Old Farm Lane
From the Rock River Times
By Don Miller, Education Director, Severson Dells Nature Center Print this page
I was cleaning out an old drawer at the house recently, and I came across a picture of one of our old former farm dogs. Not more than an hour before, I had just finished reading a great book (for […]
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
This Weekend: Bird Hike and Wolves of the Midwest
Bird Hike
Saturday, Feb. 21
8:30-11 a.m.
Join volunteer naturalist Phil Schwab at Severson Dells Forest Preserve as we begin by identifying birds at the feeders.
We then will walk outside with the hopes of seeing the numerous winter residents of Severson Dells.
Meet at the Nature Center, 8786 Montague Road
Bring binoculars and dress for the weather. No […]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Wolves of the Midwest, Feb. 22
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Severson Dells Notes: Bird feeders or people feeders?
It’s time we come up with a new name for the ubiquitous yard ornament known as the bird feeder.
As any visitor to Severson Dells Nature Center discovers, these devices feed far more than birds, especially during winter.
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Glamour ‘possum
Rockford Photographer Mary Kay Rubey caught this opossum under the feeder at Severson Dells Nature Center. Has a ‘possum ever looked so good?
As this photo below shows, not all ‘possums have the glamour gene.
Learn about opossums by clicking here.
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Author/philosopher K.D. Moore returns to Severson Dells
From the Rock River Times
By Don Miller, Education Director, Severson Dells Nature Center
“Maybe the meaning of life will turn out to be a verb, something one does, some work, some endless process, rather than an end-state. Maybe…a person can find the meaning of life on the very day she’s wearing big, black, rubber boots […]
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
This Weekend: A Walk Under an Almost Full Moon
The lunar calendar nearly gave us a full-moon weekend in February. It missed by a smidgen.
But if you squint Saturday night, Feb. 7, you’ll hardly notice that the moon is two days short of full. Weather Gods willing, the moon will still provide beam enough to light a short hike to the “cabin on […]
