Bob is joined by the astronomer Dean Regas. Our goal for this podcast is to inspire you to attend the total eclipse of the sun on April 8th, 2024.

Dean Regas Website: astrodean.com
NASA Science: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Bob and his wife Beth are invited to chat with Carol Mundy on her radio show Outdoor Life.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Outdoor Life with Carol Mundy
• Carol Mundy’s Website The Crow Knows

Bob chats with Vincent Stanley, the author of The Future of the Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 50 Years.

Our sources for this episode include:

• The Future of the Responsible Company by Vincent Stanley with Yvon Chouinard
• Earth is now our only shareholder by Yvon Chouinard

Bob meets Caroline from the Civic Garden Center and invites her to talk about a subject she is really tired of! Join us for the good the bad and the ugly about boxwood a plant that seems to be everywhere.

Our sources about boxwood include:

• Where they came from and why they became the universal standard
• Why we gotta get rid of them
• What we can replace them with/ What do we gotta do to get more American Yew

Boxwood pictures are from the Hauck Botanic Gardens at the Civic Garden Center

Bob’s ten year old grandson Drew was attacked by yellowjackets at summer camp this year. Drew joins Bob to tell the story and share what he has learned about this often aggressive wasp.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Yellowjackets are not Honey Bees
• Yellowjacket Fact Sheet
• Yellowjacket Facts for Kids

Join Bob and Gia as they delve into the fascinating world of fungi. Gia explains why she loves mushrooms and in particular Lion’s Mane Mushroom.

Related episode: Spring Fungi

Our sources for this episode include:

• Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
• Hericium erinaceus: an edible mushroom with medicinal values

Thanks to Michael Kuo for the great picture! See more of his pictures on his website MushroomExpert.com.

Nature Guys recorded this in front of an audience at the Civic Garden Center’s Fall Native Plant Festival. Bob welcomes Greg Torres and Sam Settlemyre to discuss why and how we should reduce our lawns.

Related episode: The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy

Resources:

• Homegrown National Park (Doug Tallamy)
• Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
• Garden centers with native plants in Greater Cincinnati
  • Civic Garden Center
  • Cincinnati Nature Center
  • Cincinnati Permaculture Institute
  • Great Parks’ Shaker Trace Nursery
  • Green Living by Design
  • Harvest and Habitat
  • Keystone Flora
  • Native Roots
  • Nature’s Ark
  • Nature’s Haven
  • Our Land Organics

Charles suggests we do the whirligig – one of over 350,000 species of beetles. Find out about the amazing characteristics of this amazing beetle.

Check out Charles’ nature blog at Gulo in Nature. 

Related episodes: Water Striders Walk on Water and Vernal Pools

Our sources for this episode include:

• Whirligig Beetle Facts and Information Guide 2023
• Whirligig Beetles are Skimmers
• Whirligig Beetles Missouri Department of Conservation
• Experimental Studies and Dynamics Modeling Analysis of the Swimming and Diving of Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)

Tina suggests we do an episode on milkweed beetles. Bob is confused because he thought they were bugs. Tune in to find out what we discovered.

You can find out more about Tina and Red Oaks Forest School at redoaksforestschool.org.

Related episode: Mighty Milkweed

Our sources for this episode include:

• Milkweed Bugs
• Common Milkweed Insects
• Milkweed Bug

Milkweed beetle or bug? (from Bob’s yard)

Bob reads an email from a listener (Linda) with a question about eBird that inspired us to do a whole episode on eBird. Charles starts out explaining the capabilities and the value of eBird both to the user and the scientific community. He and Bob go on a virtual birding trip to demonstrate how you can use eBird.

Related episodes: Merlin Magic and Merlin 2

Our source for this episode: eBird by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology