Sitka Nature Show #339 – Laura Kaltenstein

Chestnut-backed Chickadee at Nest

Download Radio Show The April 20th show featured a conversation with Laura Kaltenstein. Originally recorded and aired in April 2023, we spoke about bird nests we’ve observed around Sitka over the years, and how we found them. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free to leave a comment here … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #338 – Andy Szabo and Lauren Eckert

Gray Whale

Download Radio Show The April 6th show featured a conversation with Andy Szabo and Lauren Eckert of the Alaska Whale Foundation. They shared about their work, including current efforts to be better understand how both Humpback Whales and Gray Whales are interacting with herring in the weeks before, during, and after the spring spawning event. … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #337 – Zach LaPerriere

Cedar Cluster

Download Radio Show The March 23rd show featured a conversation with returning guest Zach LaPerriere. He shared about the process of selecting, permitting and cutting a standing dead cedar that he recently harvested to use for building benches. We also spoke more generally about cedars and some of the remarkable ones we’ve observed during our … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #335 – Adam Haberski (encore)

Download Radio Show The February 23rd show featured a conversation with Adam Haberski. Originally recorded last February when he was working to complete his dissertation, we spoke about his research on a group of rove beetles present on sky islands in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We spoke about rove beetles (Staphylinidae), how what he’s learned … Read more