Step outside and stay awhile
Greg and Bob talk about wild ginger, a plant that makes a great native ground cover. You have to get down on your knees to see the flower. Who pollinates this flower that is hidden from view?
Related episode: The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy
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Bob is excited to talk to Holly Merker about her wonderful book Ornitherapy For Your Mind Body Soul. Tune in to his conversation with Holly Merker and listen to the story of how birds saved Holly’s life!
The source for this interview is Ornitherapy by Holly Merker, Richard Crossley and Sophie Crossley
Charles Van Rees, Nature Guys Podcast’s very own science guy, has a fascinating conversation with Kim McCoy about Kim’s new book Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast by Willard Bascom and Kim McCoy published by Patagonia.
Kim mentions salmon in the conversation. To learn more about salmon, check out Bob’s interview with Mark Kurlansky in the episode Salmon are a Gift about Mark’s book Salmon: A Fish, the Earth and the History of Their Common Fate also published by Patagonia.
Gia and Bob are excited about the arrival of the 17 year periodic cicadas. We hope to inspire you to either love cicadas or maybe just hate them a little less. Bob and Gia share 17 cool things about cicadas. There is nothing to fear when the cicadas are here!
Please listen to the episode to learn all about our contest to celebrate the cicadas! Email us your entry to info@natureguys.org.
Related episodes: Cicadas are Kinda Cute, The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy
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Bob reads an amazing new book Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201 Mile Journey Following The Monarch Migration. Tune in to his conversation with Sara Dykman, the first person to follow migrating monarch butterflies on her bicycle. Learn more about Sara and some of the lessons she learned on her nine month adventure from Mexico to Canada and back.
Please check out Sara’s website Beyond a Book. Bicycling with Butterflies is published by Timber Press.
Related episodes: Monarchs on the Move, Mighty Milkweed
Charles and Bob discuss vernal pools. Bob has always been intrigued by vernal pools and with time at home due to the pandemic he decided to build one in his backyard. Learn about his first aquatic visitor the water strider. Also learn about an amazing creature that lives in a vernal pool at Cincinnati Nature Center. If you have not seen fairy shrimp be sure to check them out. Charles explains what they look like and why they are found in vernal pools.
Related episodes: The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy, Dragonflies, Damselflies and Wood Frogs Quack It Up
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Greg Torres and Bob discuss one of the most important trees in Florida. The Red Mangrove is the protector from storms and provides safe harbor to many living things.
Congratulations to Greg who won the 2021 Go Wild for Jeopar-Ding fund raiser that premiered virtually on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to support the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Check out related episodes on our Wildlife Refuges page.
Watch Greg’s YouTube video on red mangroves.
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Bob chats with Doug Tallamy about his latest book The Nature of Oaks. The book shows you what to look for on and near oak trees every month of the year. Hear a few of the amazing stories of oaks. If you have or want oaks in your yard or just want to appreciate their irreplaceable role in the health of our environment this podcast will inspire you to learn more about this magnificent tree.
Books by Doug Tallamy are published by Timber Press:
Click here to learn more about Little Seed Libraries.
Related episodes: Northern Red Oak and Blue Jays are Not Blue
Special thanks to Cincinnati realtors Molly and Sara at Haven Home Group (Coldwell Banker Realty) for sponsoring this episode.
Gia and Bob discuss one amazing woodpecker. If you live or travel to the west make sure you check this woodpecker out. This episode is part of our Keystone Species series. Thanks to Christina Zorn for the great research!
Related woodpecker episodes: Wow it’s a Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpeckers Support Their Mates, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers Slurp Sap
Keystone Species series: All About Alligators, Firefighting Beavers
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Charles and Bob discuss the Hooded Merganser. It is a duck that has some very un-duck like qualities.
Related episodes: Mallards Mate with Other Ducks, Firefighting Beavers, What It’s Like to be a Bird with David Sibley, Erin Brockovich
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Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for allowing us to display this excellent photo of a pair of hooded mergansers.
