Raven Radio Show #79 – Bird Songs

Download Radio Show The 17 May show featured recordings of bird songs from some of the species commonly heard around Sitka. For those interested primarily in the bird songs, you can skip the first 19 minutes and 30 seconds – I started playing recordings and discussing the songs shortly thereafter. If you have questions or … Read more

Raven Radio Show #78 – Cathy Connor

Download Radio Show The 3 May show featured a conversation with Cathy Connor, emeritus professor of geology at the University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau as well as the author of the second edition of Roadside Geology of Alaska. She was in town with a geomorphology class and I was able to visit with her about … Read more

Raven Radio Show #77 – Jan Straley

Download Radio Show The 12 April show (which aired a week later than planned) featured a conversation with Jan Straley, who has been researching whales in Southeast Alaska for 30 years. We talked about how she got started, and some of the things that she and other researchers have learned about Humpback Whales since that … Read more

Raven Radio Show #76 – Byron Weckworth

Download Radio Show The 29 March 2015 show featured a conversation with Byron Weckworth, who was in town to give a talk in the wolves of Southeast Alaska and what we know (so far) about how they fit in from a genetic standpoint with the rest of the wolves in North America (current and historical). … Read more

Raven Radio Show #75 – Dennis Landwehr

Download Radio Show The 15 March show featured a conversation with Dennis Landwehr. Dennis has worked to learn about and understand landslides in the Tongass for over 25 years, and was in town to give a talk as part of the natural history seminar series. If you have questions or observations you want to share, … Read more

Raven Radio Show #74 – Steve Heinl

Download Radio Show The 1 March show featured a conversation with Steve Heinl. Steve has been birding in Ketchikan since 1990, spent several seasons in the 1990s working with the tours on Attu, and is a member of the Alaska State Checklist committee. It will probably come as no surprise that we spent much of … Read more