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Welcome to The Phenology Page
You can share your comments for the Phenology show by leaving a message on our talkback line, 218-327-1234, or send us an email, comments@kaxe.org, or send us a snail mail, KAXE, 260 NE 2nd Street, Grand Rapids MN 55744. 

Real-time updates from John Latimer:

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    Phenology at Your Fingertips
    The Minnesota Phenology Network Facebook site is up and going. John Latimer and some of the KAXE Phenology Show regulars are already posting observations, pictures, asking questions and starting discussions. The network is not for "experts", but for everyone who is curious about our wild world here in northern Minnesota. Your observations and questions will help create data for those who study the biology of our region

     

    Phenology Audio Box
    John Latimer's Phenology Report, the Phenology Talkbacks, A Talk on the Wild Side and other features listed below - click to listen, or "right click" and "save as" to download to your computer and listen to with your MP3 Player.  

    August 24th, 2010

    John's Phenology Report

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson

    Phenology Talkbacks

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    August 19th, 2010

    http://www.kaxe.org/main.h2.gif A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson

    "God in his wisdom created the fly, and then forgot to tell us why."  John and Harry talk with insect biologist Clark Garry about biting flies.

    http://www.kaxe.org/main.h2.gif Wildlife Biologist Pam Perry

    Pam Perry talks about early Fall migrants. (Wildlife biologist PP)

    http://www.kaxe.org/main.h2.gif  John's Phenology Report

    http://www.kaxe.org/main.h2.gif  Phenology Talkbacks

    http://www.kaxe.org/main.h2.gif  Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    August 10th, 2010

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Zasada

    Eli Sagor

    Eli Sagor, Extension Educator with the U of M manages www.myminnesotawoods.org, a website devoted to trees and forests in MN.

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Talkbacks

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    August 3rd, 2010

    Mary the Kayak Lady

    Mary talks about paddling all the lakes in Itasca County, all 1,007 of them.

    Snail Question

    Team Up for Clean Water

    Kim Szcodronski and Michelle McMann talk about the lake water testing program.

    Scarlet Tanager

    Molly Hoffman of WTIP North Shore Community Radio talks about Scarlet Tanager.

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Talkbacks

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    July 27th, 2010

    Eli Sagor

    Eli Sagor, Extension Educator with the U of M manages www.myminnesotawoods.org, a website devoted to trees and forests in MN.

    Poison Ivy and Mosquitoes

    Interviews from NPR

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    Asian Carp

    Asian Carp: an interview with Luke Skinner, Supervisor of the MN DNR’s Invasive Species Program.

     

    July 21st, 2010

    Wildlife Biologist Pam Perry

    Pam talks about the shooting of a nesting Sandhill Crane and the fate of migrating MN loons to the Gulf Coast region this fall.

    Blue Warbler

    Molly Hoffman of WTIP North Shore Community Radio talks Blue Warblers.

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson

    Phenology Talkbacks

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

     

    July 13th, 2010

    Hairy Woodpecker Babies

    Molly Hoffman of WTIP North Shore Community Radio talks about hairy woodpecker babies.

    Monthly Update with Eli Sagor

    Eli Sagor, Extension Educator with the U of M manages www.myminnesotawoods.org, a website devoted to trees and forests in MN.

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson

    Phenology Talkbacks

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    July 6th, 2010

    Gil Quaal on Anishinabe Food

    The role of food in Anishinabe culture and their use of the Earth to sustain themselves.

    A Talk on the Wild Side with John Weber

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Talkbacks

    Blackberries, deer flies, and loon behavior.

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    June 29th, 2010

    Field Notes: Hermit Thrush

    Molly Hoffman of WTIP North Shore Community Radio focuses on the Hermit Thrush.

    Field Notes: Whip-Poor-Will

    Molly Hoffman of WTIP North Shore Community Radio focuses on the Whip-Poor-Will.

    John's Phenology Report

    Phenology Talkbacks

    Jewelweed and Seed Pods

    A Talk on the Wild Side with Bill Berg

    What's new with Bill Berg and climate change up north.

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

     

    June 22nd, 2010

    Scrage on Moose

    Mike Scrage talks about moose in Minnesota.

    Teachers

    An interview with two northern MN teachers who use Phenology in their classrooms. Diana Magner teaches 5th and 6th grade science classes at the Hill City School.  Chris Holmes teaches 5th grade at the Roosevelt Elementary School in Virginia.

    Phenology Plus [Full Hour]

    June 15th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    Oil Spills with Garshelis
    Wild Strawberries
    The late Gil Quaal talks about wild strawberries
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    June 8th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Monthly Update with Eli Sagor
    Eli Sagor, Extension Educator with the U of M manages www.myminnesotawoods.org, a website devoted to trees and forests in MN

    June 1st, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Harry talks about his trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior
    Seasonal Road Kill
    "Retired" wildlife biologist Bill Berg talks about recent road kill and what it means.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    May 25th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Harry recalls the 1991 oil spill in Grand Rapids.
    Parks and Trails
    Cortland Nelson, director of MN parks and trails.
    Young Moose
    DNR Botanist Chel Anderson talks about Moose calves in May.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    May 11th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    Fourteen Thousand Pounds of Dogfish
    Last march, Armas Yuhala trapped tons of the “rough fish” in the Mississippi near Cohasset.  He sold them to fish markets in New York City.
    All Small Fish Aren't Minnows
    A Field Guide To The Bait In Your Bucket.  Fish biologist and author, Tom Dickson, talks about the fish we use to catch fish.  Tom’s book, The Great Minnesota Fish Book, profiles 105 species of fish native to Minnesota waters.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    May 4th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    John Latimer talks with Harry Hutchins, a Forestry Ecology Instructor at Itasca Community College.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    April 27th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    Tick Talk
    John Latimer has our seasonal tick talk with Dr. Ed Anderson, including what to do if you encounter a deer tick.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    April 20th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Forest Ecologist Harry Hutchins talks with John Latimer about his birding expedition last weekend in north Itasca County.
    Pam Perry on the impact of this warm dry weather
    Pam Perry, non-game wildlife biologist with the DNR, talks with us about how the warm, dry spring affects reptiles, amphibians and migrating birds.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    April 13th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Forest Ecologist Harry Hutchins & John Latimer follow the bird migrations and the arrival of Spring. 
    Monthly Update with Eli Sagor
    Eli Sagor, Extension Educator with the U of M manages www.myminnesotawoods.org, a website devoted to trees and forests in MN.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 

    April 6th, 2010  
    John's Phenology Report  
    Phenology Talkbacks 
    A Talk on the Wild Side
    Forest Ecologist Harry Hutchins talks with John Latimer about landscaping for wildlife. 
    Tim Goeman on Fish Conditions
    We talk about what's happening with fish during this odd Spring weather and early ice-outs.
    Phenology Plus [Full Hour] 


    And just WHO IS this John Latimer??

    John is a rural mail carrier in Grand Rapids. Looking at nature from the window of his car he has struggled to learn the what, how, and why of our natural surroundings. Curiosity and a desire to share his excitement have led him to KAXE and the Phenology show.


    John can be reached via email at jlatimer@kaxe.org

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