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Writings
Jim
Gilbert has contributed to All Seasons' member newsletter
"Bird's Eye View" for nearly a decade. A
favorite of our readers, his information tracks the movements
of the prior year, so you can compare current arrivals and
look ahead to plan on nestbox cleaning, when to prepare
your hummingbird feeders, etc.
The
Executive Director of the Linnaeus Arboretum and naturalist
at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota,
Jim is also the author of Jim Gilbert's Nature Notebook,
and Through Minnesota's Seasons with Jim Gilbert.
Jim and his network of observers across Minnesota and western
Wisconsin keep track of Phenology events. Jim has been
associated with the Freshwater Society and has provided
the phenology information for the Minnesota Weatherguide
Environment Calendar since 1977.
NEWS:
Jim Gilbert will be at three of our local Twin Cities stores
autographing his new book, "Nature Notes" (and
of course the Weatherguides). "Nature Notes"
is a fabulous 304-pg. book capturing all the natural beauty
we enjoy here in Minnesota and would make the perfect holiday
gift. Written in a week-by-week chronology, Jim follows
the seasons from spring woodland flowers to the migration
of Tundra and Trumpeter Swans in the fall. The book
includes 150 beautiful photos.
Dates
of the signings:
Saturday,
Nov. 22nd
Bloomington
Store 11-12:30
Friday,
Nov. 28th (the day after Thanksgiving)
Minnetonka
Store 11-1pm
Eagan
2-3:30pm
(remember
that his postings are always a year behind the current season)
Note
that most phenologies are provided in a PDF format.
Don't have Acrobat Reader? Download
it for free here.
Current
Phenology Issue
July/August
Phenology
May/June
Phenology
March/April
Phenology
January/February
Phenology
Last
Year's Phenologies:
March,
April and May Phenology
September/October
Phenology
November/December
Phenology
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