Northern Community Radio presents Phenology

Every Tuesday we gather the comments, questions and observations from listeners and present them in the talkback segment of our Phenology Show . Click on the link for this week's Phenology Talkbacks ! What have you been noticing in nature? Send an email , leave a voicemail at 218.999.9876, or post on our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Page on Facebook . We want your observations to be part of the conversation!

Tuesdays are special on Northern Community Radio. It's the day we look closely at Phenology . John Latimer has been keeping phenological notes for more than 30 years. Comparing nature notes of years past with current happenings creates the weekly Phenology Report. What have you noticed? Send an email , leave a voice mail at 218.999.9876 or join our KAXE/KBXE Season Watch page on Facebook . We'd love to have you join the conversation and help document the phenology patterns of northern Minnesota!

Every Tuesday morning on Northern Community Radio we focus on the natural world during the Phenology Show . Resident phenologist John Latimer guides us through the subtle changes in nature we are experiencing in the KAXE/KBXE listening area. During the talkback portion of the show, we share the comments, questions and observations sent in by listeners. What have you noticed outside? We'd love to hear about it. Send an email , leave a message on out talkback phone line 218-999-9876 or join the

Every Tuesday we combine all the phenology notes people have phoned, emailed, texted or sent in via mail-carrier and present them to you during the "talkback" section of the Tuesday Phenology show. This week was a busy one out in nature... maple trees being buzzed by bees, cicadas calling, turtles laying eggs, dragonflies, butterflies, spiders, and more were all reported to us! Click on the link for the full report. We love hearing from our listeners! Email or leave a voice message at 218.999

Lynda V. Mapes is the environmental reporter for the Seattle Times . She researched and wrote Witness Tree while a Knight Fellow in science journalism at MIT and a Bullard Fellow in forest research in residence with her oak at the Harvard Forest. John Latimer met Lynda when he spent time at Harvard Forest talking about his extensive Phenology notes for over 34 years and his program on KAXE/KBXE Tuesday mornings. Listen to their conversation here about a tree that Lynda studied for a year in the

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Today's report includes all kinds of action. Turtles are on the move and we hope people are watching out for them along the highways. Trees and shrubs are flowering like crazy and the wildflowers are creating quite a gorgeous spectacle! To many people's chagrin, the horseflies, deerflies and mosquitos are back in full force. It really is a phenomenal time to live in northern Minnesota! Click on the link for the full report

Every Tuesday we hear from people around the listening region and discover what they've noticed out in nature. Today marks the last of the student reports for the schoolyear and we are already looking forward to hearing from the kids next fall. If you have a classroom or know of a teacher who would like to incorporate our phenology program into the school schedule, send an email and we'll get you hooked up! What have you noticed? Send an email or leave a message on our talkback line at 218.999

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. This week we've prepared a full report including a leafing and flowering trees and plant update - pincherries , red oak, choke cherries, false lily of the valley and black ash are just a few of the varieties delved into in this report. What have you noticed outside? Send an email or leave a voicemail at 218.999.9876 to add to our phenology findings! We'd love to hear from you! You can also join our KAXE-KBXE Season

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Talkback is one of the ways we connect with our radio listeners-we encourage people call, email, or send letters with comments questions or observations about our programming or whatever! Every Tuesday around 6: 40am we connect phenology with talkback in our Phenology Talkback segment of the morning show. We hear from all kinds of people across the listening region and we hear from school classrooms as well. People

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Each week we take a close look at Phenology which is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate on the Tuesday morning show. I gather the comments and questions from listeners and present them in the Phenology Talkback portion of the morning show and then I present my weekly findings in my Phenology Report. This week, all kinds of flowers are blooming and plant life is taking shape. What have you noticed? I'd love to hear about it. Send me an email or leave a voice mail

Phenology Talkback is your opportunity to connect with us about what you are noticing out in nature. Maybe you've got a question, a comment you'd like to share or an observation you had that will add to the phenological story of the week, whatever it is, we want to know about it. Each Tuesday morning we gather the talkback recordings, notes and emails from our listeners and share them with the world. We'd love to hear from you! Send an email or leave us a phone message at 218.999.9876. If you

Each week we hear from young phenology reporters across northern Minnesota (and a few not-so-young phenologists, too). John Latimer puts those reports together and share them with out listeners every Tuesday during the morning show and it's one of our favorite things. This week, students and adults alike noticed so many exciting things outside including, but definitely not limited to: dragonflies, frogs, a blue spotted salamander, diving beetles,turkey vultures,blooming shrubs, a rose breasted

Each week ,our resident phenologist John Latimer compiles a full report of the subtle changes taking place in the natural environment and shares his findings with our radio listeners. Flowering shrubs, trillium,star flowers, anemone,edible ferns, and a variety of returning birds all make their way into this week's report. It's spring! Don't hesitate to connect with us and share what you've noticed outside. Send John an email , leave a message on our talkback line at 218-999-9876,or join our

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Several school groups reached out to our phenologist John Latimer this week with reports of all kinds of natural wonders including king fishers, eggs hatching and even snakes. There is so much going on out in the natural world this time of year. It's a fantastic time to be out and about taking note of all the changes going on! If you have comments or questions related to phenology, send an email or call and leave a