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Step outside and stay awhile
My new favorite pod cast! So great to hear Bob’s voice again.
Nice to know you are listening! Hope you and John are doing well.
Hi Bill and Bob- great podcast.
May I suggested a topic to discuss- amphibian diversity and declining pops- what can people do about it?
see Save the frogs ( just one example) of grass roots orgs ( and of course CNC) that are doing good work.
Cheers
Christina
Glad you like the podcast. Thanks for the topic suggestion. We will put it on our to do list! -Bob
This is an amazing podcast! My dad told me about it and I listened to a couple of the podcasts. I am impressed with your knowledge and presentation. You talked to my dad and gave him one of your business cards while you were in my parents Gourdesign Booth at SUMMERFAIR in Cincinnati OH.
I am looking forward to getting to listen to all of your other podcasts, and enjoying the sights and sounds of nature.
Keep up the fantastic work.
A new fan.
Doug Wiles
Hi Doug- Thanks for your kind words about our podcast. It was great to meet your dad at Summerfair. We are trying hard to grow the podcast by word of mouth. Please tell your friends!
Hi Bill & Bob……..enjoy listening to your podcasts, while traveling from Virginia, now that we are retired.
We have listened to many of your podcasts and enjoy learning something new about Nature each time. We have scanned your Podcast’s looking for one on Robin’s, but did not see one. Have always been curious to know whether Robin’s find their food primarily using sound, since they appear to be cocking their head and listening as they hop across the lawn.
Glad you are enjoying the podcasts! We think the robins are primarily using sight to locate food. By cocking their heads they can get a better look at the prey. This website has more info: https://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/HeppnerStudy.html
I love your podcast. I am a S.C. Master Naturalist and your podcast has helped me to continue my education and enthusiasm for nature. I appreciate your humor. You remind me of Click & Clack. You make it fun and entertaining.
I love your podcasts on the different bird varieties. It is so very interesting to learn more about my backyard birds.
Question?
Can you tell me more about dried mealy worms? When we lived near a pine forest… we had the Carolina Wren and Bluebirds eat mealy worms daily and like candy. We then moved near a salt marsh and they won’t touch them. I also heard, Not sure if it is true, that the dried meal worms are bad for newborn chicks because they are rough on the gullet. Have you heard this?
Also.. I have cool photos of a yellow rat snake who ate my bluebird eggs and then molted for 3-4 weeks in my backyard oak tree hollow. I have photos of his eyes turning silver. Really cool.
Glad you love the podcast! I will try to get an answer from Bill on your dried mealy worms. When I do I will add to this post.
You are informative
Thanks!
My favorite podcast — well, next to Science Friday maybe. I love your humor, kindness, and sage commentary. I learn a lot. I love little Drew, too. Thank you so much! (And my nephew, now a physician, graduated in zoology from Miami, so I’ve been to Oxford.)
Nice that you have a connection to Oxford. Bill and I love doing the podcast and it is so nice to hear that you like it!
Hi Bill and Bob, I really enjoy learning more about our natural world, especially the podcasts about birds. Recently, I saw a news story about a loon pair adopting a mallard duckling and raising it as their own. The duckling took on characteristics of the loons, like riding on their backs and diving underwater to get food. Have you seen examples of adoption between different kinds of birds or animals?
Enjoyed the podcast on the great Smokey Mountains! Keep up the great work!
Hi Sue, Glad you are enjoying the podcast! That is so cool about the loons and duckling. I will check with Bill to see if he has other examples. If he has something interesting we may make it into a podcast. Take care, Bob
Hi Bob,
Do you remember going to the Smokey’s with Grandma, Grandpa and my brothers? What do you think about the surrounding area today with all its commercialism? Sometimes I think people forget that there is an incredible park full of nature’s wonders for all to see. Thanks for the pod casts, keep up the good work!
Hi Peggy, Yes I remember the trips to the Smokey’s with the grandparents and your brothers. The commercialism does bother me. We usually stay in the Townsend side away from the worst of it. Amazingly once you get back on the trails you can really settle in and enjoy the beauty of it all. Take care, Bob
Hello,
I just discovered your podcast this past spring and I’m slowly (and enjoyably) catching up. I just listened to your podcast on the American Beaver. I’m located in California and we also have a Mountain Beaver. I’ve seen one a few times at a lake we camp at regularly. The lake is remote and I believe the sightings to be rare. However recently someone told me that Mountain Beavers are not really beavers at all. Is this true? It was still exciting to see them.
Thanks for being a voice in the woods,
Becky from Davis, California
We are glad you are listening to our podcast! I was not able to talk to Bill today and I will admit I have never heard of a mountain beaver. I
just got done doing some internet searching and they are evidently the world’s most primitive rodent species. They are not really beavers but they
cut branches like the true beavers. Sounds like they are rare to see so it is great that you have seen it a few times. If you ever have
a chance to get a good pic send it to us and we will post it with the beaver episode. By the way the beaver episode is my all time
favorite. Take care, Bob
Enjoying the podcasts, keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Hey Bob and Bill,
I just recently found your podcast and, I’ll admit, I was looking for something to doze off to. But I’ve found I’ve really enjoyed listening to both the wonderful banter you two and other guests have as well as everything I’m learning from each episode. I’ve found this has been a great way to reconnect myself with nature.
I’m from a small beach town in California and have been living in a big city on the east coast for about four years now and, especially since the move, my connection to nature has been significantly reduced and it’s something I hadn’t realized or considered until thinking about it more lately.
As someone who used to be in the Boy Scouts and was always immersed in nature and now living in an urban jungle, finding your podcast has helped me rediscover that love I have for our natural world and is really encouraging me to go and dip my toes back into the wild side of our world to learn and experience more of it for myself. Thank you both!
Robbie
Thanks for taking the time to write! So glad you are enjoying the podcast. I can relate to your losing your connection to the natural world. For a number of years I was wrapped up in an office running a business and I too lost my connection. When I found it again with the help of my wife Beth and my good friend Bill I realized how much I was missing. I think maybe that is why I love Nature Guys Podcast so much. It gives me a chance to inspire people to reconnect with nature.
Hi Bill & Bob,
I recently discovered your podcast and am really enjoying it!
I went back to the beginning and have been listening in order. Each episode is the perfect balance of information, true life stories, and a few laughs. I learn something new every time!
Your appreciation of the natural world is refreshing in today’s fast paced society. I like to listen as I commute to and from the office and it really helps me to release stress and remember what’s important.
Have you guys ever considered Nature Guys merchandise? I must confess I checked your website in hopes of finding a “step outside and stay awhile” t-shirt! I’m sure plenty of your listeners would agree! (Especially if a portion of the profits were donated to an environmental cause/nonprofit.)
Keep up the good work!
Lori in New Jersey
Thanks for the kind words about our podcast. We are getting more requests for merchandise. At some point we hope to offer t-shirts. We will definitely donate a portion of the proceeds to an environmental nonprofit.
Hi Guys! Love the pod cast. I’ve just discovered it. I also started reading What the Robin Knows and am enjoying that as well. Thanks for the recommendation ! I do have a question. If a robins nest falls out of a tree, should we put it back or will the robins not use it and make another one?
Glad you love the podcast! If you know exactly where the nest was and can put it back in the same spot they might use it.
So sorry to hear of Bill’s passing. I am a Master Naturalist in Charleston ,SC and have enjoyed listening and learning from Nature Guys podcast.The humor and presentations are a great way to get my nature fix and exercise at the same time.Bill was such a great teammate to you I know you will miss him greatly.
My condolences to Bill’s family and to you. We need more people like Bill in this world.
Sincerely
Bill Mullen
Good morning Bob,
I have just listened to the podcast that announced Bill passing away. I started listen to you gentlemen “guys” about 10 months ago and I have enjoyed listening to the lively joking between you two. I will miss Bill voice and hearing his stories from travels and of course his deep knowledge of nature of all kinds. I am also very moved by his dedication to nature education. I’m sure there were many days he did not feel like doing podcasts but he would not let us down.
I am a nature and wildlife photographer and some of the information you and Bill have taught about birds and nature i have used in locating subjects.
I was very glad when. You announced you were going on with the podcast. I will be looking forward to listening.
I have only one regret. I never met Bill. Thank you for listening to this old guy babbling.
God Bless,
John Jackson
I just learned about this podcast from a friend who had nothing but great things to say. I hope that everyone continues to be as inspired by the show as my friend is, and that they can carry the torch forward now that Bill has passed. Even though he’s gone, I hope listening to this podcast helps me come to know Bill and all the things he did for the natural world.
Love love love this podcast! I travel a lot and am dreading the day that I run out of your episodes. I rave about you to all I know. Sometimes I struggle to answer a business call because I don’t want to pause you! I’m an amateur wildflower enthusiast and hike every weekend with 2 friends that are also interested in the natural world. You’re information gives us lots to talk about and lots to look for. I wish you would talk more about the range of some species, as I am in SC and would like to know how far south some things extend (basswood, for instance). I can’t say enough good things about you both, I would be so thrilled to meet you someday.
You have made my day! Thanks for taking the time to write. I will try to make sure we talk more about the range of species.
Take care, Bob
Loved your show about alligators! Woodpeckers and wolves are both great. My vote is for a show about woodpeckers because I don’t think people are aware of the roles they play in their habitat. I’ll be listening either way! Thank you.
Beth in Saint Paul, MN
Gia is so much fun to work with! I am glad you liked alligators. Sounds like woodpeckers is winning! I can’t wait to dig into the research.
Bob and Gia, My vote is for the Woodpeckers. Not to diminish the interest in the wolf, but the wolves are not as present in our environment as the woodpeckers. Thank you and keep these podcasts coming.
Good point!
Woodpeckers please.
I recently discovered you podcast. I am in north Central MN. I absolutely love it. There is no way I can pick out a favorite episode. I love hearing about all sorts of wildlife and plants, especially those I do not have here. The lizard episode was so interesting! I am also a teacher, and loved your nature break ideas! I am so sorry about Bill’s passing, I feel like I got to know him (and you). Thank you for this wonderful podcast, I may have discovered it late, but it is timeless!
You are not late! I am continuing on in my good friend Bill’s footsteps with the help of amazing guests and naturalists.
Just discovered your podcast recently, and this is now my favorite. I listen with my son every morning on the way to school. Thank you for such diverse, educational topics and a professional, easy-to-listen-to delivery. I’ve been going back to listen to old episodes and am grateful you fixed that whistling sound that was in almost every old episode. I don’t know what you changed, but everything sounds much better now.
I was sorry to hear of Bill’s passing and will miss his friendliness and expertise. Keep up the great work.
Glad you discovered Nature Guys! I also miss Bill but I am thankful for the wonderful naturalists and guests who have volunteered their time to continue the work that Bill got started.
Hello Nature Guys! I just want to thank you for your show. It keeps me company on long drives and you present the information in such a way that it is easy to absorb. Lately I’ve been listening en route to my Master Naturalist training–a great supplement to what I am learning in the classes! I am a nature writer, with a new book coming this fall. That one will have something about nature for each day of there year. Here’s the link to the last one, which was an essay collection: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Noticing-Collections-Connections-Trail/dp/1938846737. And here’s today’s newsletter, which goes out (free) to subscribers! I invoke the name of your podcast in my newletters from time to time, and link to it–like in today’s goldernrod post!: https://mailchi.mp/f88801b0d0c9/those-ducking-goldenrods.
Again, tons of thanks!
Thanks for helping us spread the word!
A GREAT Tie In Article related to the Cranberry Episode where Drexel University students explore recycling efforts aimed at turning the waste byproduct of Cranberry pomace into a suitable material to make polymer composites that can be repeatedly recycled 🙂
https://drexelmagazine.org/2022/how-to-save-the-world/
Thanks for taking the time to provide a link to this really interesting article!