Wild Ideas...the Podcast - The Wilderness Center

Gary found some Swamp Rose and Gordon has learned to like Boxelder Bugs. Joann enjoyed finding Butter & Eggs. The interview is with Bill Hilton, Jr., of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History about his Ruby-throated Hummingbird banding efforts.

Gary's got his feet wet again, watching a Swamp Sparrow, Gordon tells tales of American Beech, and Joann's second graders found a Daphnia. We interview Sam Droege of the USGS about native bees.

Gordon takes a top down look at the Earth. Red Squirrels catch Gary’s fancy and Joann lifts you on the tide. Alex Vandermeys from the Marine Science Consortium is interviewed about Blue Crabs.

Gary's looking at weather and the stratosphere. Gordon finds Evening Lychnis--or was it? Joann observes photoperiodism. Our interview is with Pete Dunne of the New Jersey Audubon Cape May Observatory.

Gordon sings the virtues of Black Locust. Gary saw a Greater Yellowlegs. Joann is loony for the moon. Science teacher Laura Grimm is interviewed about her adventure at space camp and how she will bring the science she learned to her classroom.

Gordon saw Crownbeard, Wingstem, Frost Flower. Gary explains the Coefficient of Conservatism used in evaluating plant communities. Joann does a good Tern. Jim Berry, retired president of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute is interviewed about waterfowl.

Rice Cut Grass is Gary’s topic. Gordon talks about Archaeopteryx if fossil bird/dinosaur. Joann examines the circus surrounding the Bedford Bear. This leads to an interview with Daniel Witter for D.J. Case & Associates about the human-wildlife interface.

Joann confuses Gordon about the seasons. Gary is excited by fossil gall mites in amber. Gordon talks about White Oak. Interview with Urban Forester Lola Lewis from the Ohio Division of Forestry about urban trees.

Joann covers safely and ethically gathering wild plants. Gary's looking at ecotones. Gordon talks about a favorite tree—Pin Oak. Our interview is with Sheri Shannon of American Forests about Champion Trees.

The interview is with wildlife biologist, Dean Beyer, about Moose and Moose restoration efforts. Mars rover Curiosity inspires Joann to learn about basalt. Gordon is fascinated by millipedes and Gary finds a Northern Red Salamander.

Once in a Blue Moon, Joann explains Blue Moons. Gary talks about methanogens in ocean sediments. Gordon found a wild, possibly invasive, orchid — Helleborine. The interview is with Pete Johantgen of the Columbus Zoo about Hellbenders.

Gordon loves to hate no-see-ums. Gary's investigating out-of-place tropical plankton. Joann enjoys her backyard House Wren. Then on to the "interview"—it's a question show!

Gordon is still thinking about things we love to hate—this week, poison ivy, oak, and sumac. Gary hears a Gray Treefrog. Joann investigates dragonfly folklore. Our interview is with Bob Glotzhober of the Ohio Historical Society about his work with dragonflies and damselflies.

Joann saw the fabled green flash! Gary found a Green Heron nest at The Wilderness Center. And Gordon introduces us all to the "joys" of chiggers.

Gary talks about coevolution between a native plant and an invasive. Joann is still focused on weather—this time heat waves. We interview Sheila Colla of WIldlife Preservation Canada about bumblebees.

Joann talks about the weird Atlantic hurricane season. Gary talks about the wetland plant spatterdock aka pond lily. The interview is with Marilyn Loveless about her research on the desert plant Coral Bean.

Joann finally identifies a Great-crested Flycatcher. Gary finds Blueberries. Gordon talks about Poison Hemlock. Interview with Thomas Mather from the University of Rhode Island about ticks, the critters we love to hate.

Gary discussed gene exchange between parasites and hosts. Tall Fescue is a plant Gordon loves to hate…sort of. Wilderness Center Naturalist Carrie Elvey talks about the Eastern Milk Snake.

Gary talks about the co-evolution of Glacier Lily and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Gordon encountered a Broad-necked Root Borer and talks about its coevolution and concerns about invasive tree borer insects. The discussion is about restoring a forest.

Gary takes us back to the Great Extinction; Joann smells the daisies; Gordon finds bladderwort. We can't believe we haven't talked about the water cycle yet! So we do.