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Phenology
They rhythmic biological events as they relate to climate.

Phenology Talkbacks: December 12, 2017

John Latimer via KAXE-KBXE Season Watch FB Page
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Virginia, MN Student Report
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Hibbing, MN Student Phenology Report

    

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Bemidji, MN Northern Elementary Student Phenology Report
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Bemidji, MN Apple Blossom Student Phenology Report
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Grand Rapids, MN Student Phenology Report
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Warba, MN Student Phenology Report
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Two Harbors, MN Student Phenology Report
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Carlton, MN Student Phenology Report
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White Bear Lake, MN Student Phenology Report
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Northfield, MN Student Phenology Report

Every Tuesday we hear from students across Minnesota as they send us their weekly PhenologyReports.  Included in this week's reports are the following comments from our intrepid nature reporters: 

"Hannah reports that at her country house there’s a little frozen over pond.  Last week she lay on the clear ice for an hour looking at little fish swimming, rocks, and green plants waving in the water.  She says it was like looking through glass into a giant aquarium."

"Angelina observed a snowshoe hare at her grandma’s and it was almost all white in color."

"Sean moved here from Florida a month ago and he didn’t believe until now that ice can form on the INSIDE of a window."

Click on the links to hear all our school reports!  If you are a teacher wanting to get involved in our Phenology program, send John Latimer an email and he'll get you set in the right direction. We love hearing from students and knowing they are passionate about the natural world we live in. 

What are you noticing outside? Send along your observations and questions about what you are noticing outside.  We'd love to hear from you. Email or give us a jingle and leave a message at 218.999.9876.  Join our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Page on Facebook to connect with others in northern Minnesota! 

Phenology talkbacks are made possible by the members of Northern Community Radio and a grant from the U of MN NE Regional Sustainable Development Partnership. 

As a mail carrier in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., for 35 years, John Latimer put his own stamp on a career that delivered more than letters. Indeed, while driving the hundred-mile round-trip daily route, he passed the time by observing and recording seasonal changes in nature, learning everything he could about the area’s weather, plants and animals, and becoming the go-to guy who could answer customers’ questions about what they were seeing in the environment.