Nebraskaland magazine's • A YEAR OUTDOORS 13
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Build a sand castle at Lake
McConaughy's annual Kites and
Castles event.
JULY
Early July
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Check the outdoor calendar
at Outdoornebraska.org for July
Fourth celebrations at various parks
statewide.
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Hunt for edible wildflowers,
including purslane, prickly-pear
cactus pads and fruit, and wild
grapes. Read Kay Young's book
Wild Seasons for more information.
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Watch for great blue herons
fledging. Their rookeries are easily
identified as a grouping of large
nests in the tops of tall trees near
water, including Lake Ogallala SRA
and Jeffrey Lake WMA.
Late July
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Stargaze at Merritt Reservoir
State Recreation Area, one of the
nation's top locations for viewing
the night sky.
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Tune your bow and start
shooting for the upcoming archery
deer and fall turkey seasons.
•
Find monarch butterfly eggs on
milkweed plants, and track their
metamorphosis from egg through
the caterpillar stages to a butterfly.
The entire process takes about 4-6
weeks for the monarchs laying eggs
in Nebraska.
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
PHOTO
BY
MIKE
FORSBERG
PHOTO
BY
JUSTIN
HAAG
PHOTO
BY
JUSTIN
HAAG
PHOTO
BY
JULIE
GEISER
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
PHOTO
BY
JEFF
KURRUS
