Celebrating the world around us.
Lev and Sea catch up after some springtime adventuring. Talk of the summer season, with turtles crossing roads, and herp hunting raptors. Lots of discussion of pelagic birds; petrels, storm petrels, and albatrosses. In Natural History News, a new flying squirrel is described for North America, an extinct bird found in amber, and the possibility of a zombie egg!
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Spring is well underway in the North (finally!) and Lev and Sea have lots to talk about. The hawks are back, the birds might freeze, a challenge is issued. The iNaturalist city nature challenge, a spectacular insect collection, and a few new books are among the highlights, and Lev is gearing up for some amazing trips!
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Spring is moving like a freight train into the North. Salamanders are moving into breeding grounds with all sorts of mysteries, Lev gets started with his fish spotting for the year while Sea gets a new family in the Bahamas. Nick investigates gulls in CT and Zach makes a video of interesting worm biology. Moth season starts!
Link to Dave Shaw: www.david-w-shaw.com
Wikipedia definition of Polyploidy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyploid
Wikipedia definition of Neoteny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny
Oops! Inermiidae are closely related to Haemulidae, not Lutjanidae! : http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=479
Nick Bonomo’s Gull adventure: http://www.shorebirder.com
Dancing Worm Sex Organ: https://youtu.be/g1lq_QMirdI
Zach Kobrinksy: zachariahkobrinsky.com
Finding Moths: http://nationalmothweek.org/finding-moths-2/
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Lev guides innocent birders to boreal specialties and frozen frogs. A warm weather spell gets some early migration going. Feeder birds and food choices. Ancient otters in the news. Lev finds a new mammal in his park, and spring is on the way!
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The snow gets deeper, and animals are looking for open water. Lev and Sea chat about eastern eagles, scavenging Fishers, Eastern Wolves, winter owls, the NY Ross’ Gull, the PA Black-backed Oriole and vagrant birds. Sea mentions a recent trip to Bermuda, Lev reviews “Life in the Blue”.
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Welcome to the Naturalist Podcast! In episode 1 we chat about the arrival of winter, wandering sparrows, ‘badger-ness’ and excavation in woodpeckers, dinosaurs in amber, a jaguar sighting, some new documentaries and books.
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