Nature Guys

Native bees are incredibly efficient at pollinating plants and they are very docile.

Our sources for this episode include:

• 6 Amazing Facts About Mason Bees
• The Leafcutter Bee
• Crown Bees (where Bob got his bees)

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Bob learns that you can see this frog in the winter! Special thanks to John Howard for the excellent photos.

Related episodes: Green Frogs Sing the Blues, Gray Treefrogs Freeze,
Wood Frogs Quack It Up, Jeepers Spring Peepers

Our sources for this episode include:

• American Bull Frog (National Geographic)
• American Bull Frog (NatureMapping)
• American Bull Frog Facts

Bob has a conversation with Mark Kurlansky the award winning author of the book Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Mark Kurlansky (visit his web site at www.markkurlansky.com)
• Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky
• The World Without Fish: How Kids Can Help Save the Oceans by Mark Kurlansky
• Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

Bill reveals something he learned in school. Green frogs can be blue! Thanks to John Howard for the excellent photos!

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Related episodes: Bull Frogs Roar Like Bulls, Gray Treefrogs Freeze,
Wood Frogs Quack It Up, Jeepers Spring Peepers

Our sources for this episode include:

• Green Frog
• Northern Green Frog
• Northern Green Frog

Gray treefrogs are hard to see but easy to hear. Special thanks to our friend and naturalist John Howard for the amazing photos.

Related episodes: Bull Frogs Roar Like Bulls, Green Frogs Sing the Blues,
Wood Frogs Quack It Up, Jeepers Spring Peepers

Our sources for this episode include:

• Gray Treefrog
• Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
• Gray Treefrog
• Science Around Cincy: Clara do Amaral – Frog Cryobiologist

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Bob challenges you to try to find more ‘nuts’ than a squirrel.

Our sources for this episode include:

• The Kids’ Wildlife Book by Warner Shedd
  http://warnershedd.com/

Grey Squirrels are easy to see in certain areas. They are really cute even when they are eating all your birdseed!

Our sources for this episode include:

• Eastern Gray Squirrel
• Squirrels: Diet, Habits & Other Facts
• 22 things you may not know about squirrels

Bob invites artist Adrian Hawk to tell us how we can do Land Art right in our own neighborhoods.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Andy Goldworthy Digital Catalogue
• Imago Rangers – Land Art

Inspiration Wall

We hope you are inspired to create land art! Please send us a picture to info@natureguys.org for us to post here.

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Bob has his back yard torn up. He is amazed to find Blue Violets returning in pure clay soil.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Common Blue Violet
• 7 Fun Facts about Violets
• Interesting facts about violets

Bill and Bob remember a fun outside activity they did as kids.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Let’s Go Outside by Jennifer Ward
  https://www.jenniferwardbooks.com/