An Aspiring Naturalist Learns His Place
Download Radio Show The December 8th show featured a conversation with Jen Cedarleaf, Victoria Vosburg, and Connor Goff. Jen and Victoria are coordinating the Sitka circle of the Christmas Bird Count for the 13th year, and Connor will be leading two winter birding walks in the weeks before the bird count. The walks will take … Read more
Download Radio Show The November 10th show featured a conversation with Jackie Hildering. Jackie is a passionate marine biologist and educator who was in town as the keynote speaker for this year’s Sitka WhaleFest. Learn more and follow Jackie’s work (including incredible photography) on The Marine Detective and associated social media. Also check out the … Read more
Download Radio Show The October 27th show featured a conversation with Leslie Harris, a polychaete specialist based at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Leslie has an infectious enthusiasm for all things polychaete, and we spoke about their diversity of life history and form, some of the challenges around really understanding the distribution … Read more
Download Radio Show The October 13th show featured a conversation with John Harley, who has been working to develop models that can predict harmful algal blooms. He’s based at the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center. You can learn more about the research at the ACRC project page, and learn more about the monitoring being done by … Read more
Download Radio Show The September 29th show featured a conversation with Gwen Baluss first aired in 2017. We spoke about the bird banding project that’s been on-going since Gwen first banded birds for it in late 2012. This is the time of year when juncos return to Sitka neighborhoods. If you are seeing any banded … Read more
Download Radio Show The September 15th show featured a conversation with Kaeli Swift, who studies corvid behavior and ecology, with a particular focus on and passion for crows. You can learn more about her work on her site Corvid Research or follow her @corvidresearch on Instagram and Twitter. If you have questions or observations you … Read more