Wild Ideas...the Podcast - The Wilderness Center

Winter rosettes, polar high pressure oscillations, and White-breasted Nuthatches. We finally get to the long-promised discussion of niches!

Flock of Bluebirds, Host of Sparrows, Dray of Squirrels—collective nouns in James Lipton’s book, An Exultation of Larks or The Venereal Game. Special guests: The Canal Fulton Players reading from Sir Arthur Conon Doyle’s historical novel Sir Nigel.

Catkins, Short-Tailed Shrew, and Beaver and How Keystone Species Modify Their Environment

Hawks! Cooper's, Sharp-shinned, Red-tail, Rough-legged and others, with an interview with Dr. Keith Bildstein, Director of Conservation Science at Hawk Mountain.

The astronomical basis for the calendar, “The Vole Truth,” water boatmen and stories in the snow.

What Causes the Wind, Black-Capped Chickadee, Nibiru and 2012 myths, and the Scientific Method

Mistletoe, the blue moon, domestic/feral/wild definitions. Interview with Wayne Clark about feral hogs in Texas.

Winter weeds, nighttime visitors at your birdfeeder, a study of human influence on sparrow evolution. Discussion of bird feeding.

Invasive earthworms in glaciated soil, native bees and wildflowers, Jayhawks (American Kestrels). Interview with Iain MacLeod of Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and Larry Richardson formerly of Lake Erie Nature and Science Center about "pishing" for birds.

Lichen, American Holly, frost flowers. Interview with Ken Voorhis of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.

Sundogs, Northern Harrier - Short-eared Owl convergent evolution, wetland restoration and interview with Bob Thomas of Loyola University about Louisiana wetlands.

Rainbows, Opossums, Short Distance Migration, Interview with Jim Berry of the Roger Troy Peterson Institute about Geolocator technology.

Caddisfly larvae, leaf litter, Sandhill Cranes. Interview with Keanna Leonard of Rowe Audubon Sanctuary.

Vernal pools, the Pleiades, European Starlings. Non-native urban birds.

Owls, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Young Black Rat Snakes, and Wildlife Folklore and the Supernatural.

Sumac and Sumac Tea, White-throated Sparrows, Crawdads, Watersheds

Bobcats, Skunks, Groundhogs. Strategies for survival in stressful time: hybernation, torpor, aestivation, brunation.

Wooly Bears, Red Squirrels, Pokeweed, seed banks, and soil seed banks

Chimney Swifts, bird flight, burs. Interview with Dr. Susan Clayton, coauthor of "Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature"

Goldenrod and ragweed, Walkingsticks, and owls.