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Phenology Show! June 23, 2020

Dale Irish, taken from his trail cam near Cook, MN
family stroll

Every Tuesday we focus on the natural world around us during the Phenology Show.  Listeners send in comments and observations from their daily lives and adventures while our resident phenologist John Latimer provides a full report of animal activity, growth and blooms, comparing aspects of current happenings to events in past years.  Take a listen to this week's listener comments and John's full report  below.  In addition to learning about a wide variety of forest blooms, you'll hear about a heron killing a pesky squirrel and another heron killing 12 chipmunks! 

There is so much going on outside!  It's an exciting, beautiful time of year!  We'd love to know what you've been noticing.  Send your nature notes to comments@kaxe.orgor leave a message on our talkback line 218-999-9876.  If you love nature, be sure to joing ourKAXE-KBXE Season Watch page on Facebook.  You'll be amazed at the amazing images, videos and community!  

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.