Wild Ideas...the Podcast - The Wilderness Center

Heiligenschein (what?!?), grasshoppers/locusts, and the Beach Mouse are our topics this week. They lead into a chat with Ed Bangs about his work reintroducing the wolf.

Gary talks about Grass Pickerel, Gordon has a tale of two teasels, Joann tells about the facts and folklore of Queen Anne’s Lace. The interview is about Eastern Mountain Lions with researcher Toni Ruth of the Selway Institute.

Duckweed is Gary's topic. Joann explains heat waves caused by Hadley cells. Gordon talks about Hooded Warblers. The interview is about nature journaling with Mark Baldwin at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.

Gary saw a Swamp White Oak, Gordon got a spider bite (Could it be a Brown Recluse?), and Joann got another moth—the Hummingbird Moth. The interview is with Bernd Henrich about Bunblebee Economics.

Joann tries to love Poke, Gordon’s thoughts jump from Kingbirds to Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, and Gary talks about the geology of the Great Lakes. Interview with Brad Lepper of the Ohio Historical Society about Ice Age Megafauna.

Flat worms with symbiotic bacteria excite Gary. The balance of the episode is about ants including an interview with James Trager. Learn about one of the most important groups of insects on the planet.

Joann's summer of the moth continues, Gordon is enjoying roadside legumes, and Gary's looking at habitat restoration. The interview is with Vern Laux of the Linda Loring Nature Foundation on shorebirds—Least Terns, American Oystercatchers, and Piping Plovers.

Stationary weather fronts, Long-tailed Weasel, Common Ravens. Interview with Bernd Heinrich, author of Mind of the Raven and many other natural history books.

Alvar communities on thin glaciated limestone, Mulberry trees, Black Vultures are the weekly topics followed by an interview with Wayne Clark about Black Widow spiders.

Gary's thinking about impervious surfaces and runoff. Joann finds an embarrassingly common new plant! And Gordon's observations about Mourning Doves lead to a discussion of game/nongame species.

Gary heard a Louisiana Waterthrush, Gordon's playing in puddles (with bacteria!) and Joann had a paparazzi session with a Luna Moth. Let's go out and play! with "Dirt Don't Hurt" blogger, columnist, author, and outdoorsy mom Karrie McAllister.

Hermit Thrush serenades Gary's garlic mustard war; Gordon sees a Bald Eagle but wants to talk about ginseng. Gazillions of Silver Maple seeds in Joann's gutters lead to a discussion of fecundity and r/K strategies.

May Apple; anadromous fishes moving from the oceans to fresh water to spawn; Piping Plovers.

Baltimore, Orchard, Bullock’s Orioles; American Toads calling and breeding, Tornados and the weather that causes them.

Prothonotary Warbler, Barn Swallows, Garlic Mustard; interview with Cathi Lehn about the West Virginia White Butterfly.

Dirt (Oops—I mean soil), Redbud trees and bird migration lead us to an interview about the Kirtland's Warbler with Tom Hissong of Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm.

Eastern Wood Peewee, Eastern Milk Snake, Bloodroot. Discussion of plant defenses against herbivores.

Water Willow, Box Turtles. Spring is bursting out! We interview Theresa Crimmins of the USA National Phenology Network.

Dragonflies on the dinner table, the world won't end in Dec. 2012 (again!), and niche partitioning in streams are the intro topics. We interview Tom Hissong of Aullwood Audubon and Farm about freshwater fishes.