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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area Seasonal QUICKTIME Movies

October 2009

  • Fall is most definitely here at the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area! This mid-October, 2009 Quicktime Video illustrates the fall colors of the prairie and adajcent forest. Very Nice!

    September 2009

  • The last movie of September, 2009 (9/27/09). The seasons are definitely changing and the Maximillians Sunflowers have peaked. The grasses are most definitely changing colors!
  • A beautiful mid-September walk across our prairie and wetlands. The prairie is very dry and the wetlands have been losing water (as expected). Maximillians Sunflowers are at their peak! (Sep 13-2009)
  • I couldn't resist showing you a short video of the beautiful Maximilian Sunflowers blooming (as of Sep 3, 2009). It really is spectacular! The prairie grasses are also turning a potpourri of colors-red, brown and purple.

    August 2009

  • The last weekend of August (08/30/09). A wonderful walk on an unusually cool late August morning. The Maximillian's Sunflowers are really getting ready to pop!! Enjoy!
  • Mid-Aug 2009 UPDATE VIDEO!!! A mid-August 2009 walk across a portion the the Prairie and wetlands. The transformation has been nothing short of spectacular!!
  • Another VIDEO perspective of the prairie, Wetlands and eastern woods on a mid-August 2009 day.

    July 2009

  • NEW!! Check out a mid-July (2009) UPDATE of the Prairie Development Edge of the Farm Conservation Area. Amazing progress over one year!

    April 2009

  • Algae has exploded on Wetlands 2 and 3. The farmer's fields adjacent to the preserve were recently fertilized and BOOM!! Here, we removed most of the algae from the wetlands. April, 2009
  • Flowers are blooming like crazy. Here are a few 'spring flower scenes' taken on April 19, 2009.

    January 2009

  • A QUICKTIME movie of a January 24, 2009 Walk on the Prairie and Wetlands.

    Extended Time Frame Movies (Birds, Foxes and Spring 2008-Jan 2009 images)

  • A QUICKTIME Slideshow of images taken over the last year (Spring 2008-Jan 2009) from the Edge of the Farm.
  • In the spring, 2007, we had a den of Red Foxes just across from McCummins Creek near McCoy Road. Wow!
  • A QUICKTIME slideshow of BIRDS that we have seen on the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area over the last several years.

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