Step outside and stay awhile
Greg explains some amazing traits of apple trees. Bob shares some of the fascinating facts about John Chapman better know as Johnny Appleseed.
Related episode: Walnut Woods
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Bob chats with Gia and special guest Jonathan about old-growth forests. Learn ways they can make you feel small in the best way. Jonathan explains how he obtained old growth certification from the Old-Growth Forest Network for California Woods Nature Preserve.
Related episode: Vernal Pools
Visit old growth forests in greater Cincinnati: Cincinnati Park California Woods Nature Preserve, Rowe Woods at Cincinnati Nature Center
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Bob chats with Jim McCormac the co author with Chelsea Gottfried of Gardening for Moths: A Regional Guide. Find out why gardeners can and should attract specific moths species to their properties and how to do it.
Our source for this episode is the book Gardening for Moths: A Regional Guide by Jim McCormac and Chelsea Gottfried.
Related episodes: The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy and Bats with Merlin Tuttle
Charles takes Bob on a deep dive into the fascinating world of Water Lilies.
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Bob chats with Bill McKibben the author of We Are Better Together, his first children’s book. He is the author of the bestsellers The End of Nature, Eaarth, and Deep Economy. Bill is the founder of the environmental organization 350.org and recently Third Act, an organization that encourages people over 60 to take action on climate change.
You can find out more about Bill McKibben on his website: BillMcKibben.com
Find Bill’s new children’s book at: We Are Better Together
Bob chats with Katherine Hauswirth, the author of two inspiring books, The Book of Noticing: Collections and Connections on the Trail and her recent book the Morning Light the Lily White Daily: Dips into Nature and Spirit.
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Want to learn more about a fairly easy sparrow to identify by sight and sound? Join Bob and Tina for a fascinating dive into the life and behavior of white-throated sparrows.
You can find out more about Tina and Red Oaks Forest School at redoaksforestschool.org.
Related episodes with Tina: A Can of Earthworms, Peregrine Falcon and What’s Your Zugunruhe?
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Merlin Tuttle is a tremendous advocate for bats and has done amazing things throughout his career to help protect them and change people’s misconceptions and fears about them. His motto is “win friends not battles” and that’s been his approach throughout his 60+ years doing this work!
Merlin shares with Bob some of his amazing bat adventures. Merlin will be the keynote speaker at the Arc of Appalachia’s Wildflower Pilgrimage in April of 2023.
Related Episode: Bat in the House and Story: Bats! The Sequel I Never Wanted to Write from listener Jake
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How do you go from a city girl who likes being inside to the host of the BirdNote podcast Bring Birds Back? Tune in as Tenijah Hamilton shares her inspiring story.
Thanks to Cincinnati Nature Center for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.CincyNature.org to register for February 2023 online classes and don’t forget to use promo code NATURE to get 25% off.
Related episodes: Purple Martin, Whitebark Pine: The most important tree you have never heard of
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Bob and Gia chat about one very special bird. The etherial song of this bird is inspiring!
Learn about Helen Black in this wikipedia article.
Special thanks to Cornell Lab for the wood thrush audio clip (ML 29922711 Glen Chapman May 9, 2016) and to Tam Teow for the beautiful wood thrush art. Click here to see more of Tam’s art.
Thanks to Cincinnati Nature Center for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.CincyNature.org to register for January 2023 online classes and don’t forget to use promo code NATURE to get 25% off.
Related episodes: Merlin Magic, Merlin 2, What It’s Like to be a Bird with David Sibley
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