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Phenology Talkbacks 11/24/20: Student Reports & a Question from Kansas!

Angela Nistler via KAXE-KBXE Season Watch FB Page

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate.  Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for listeners to connect with the station about nature.  Each week, resident phenologist John Latimer gathers the phenological correspondence and classroom observations sent his way.  He shares and discusses them every Tuesday morning, shortly before 7am. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the Phenology Talkbacks! We are grateful!

This week we heard from students in Kelliher, Hill City, Pike Lake, and Duluth, and Marilyn from Topeka, KS sent along a question about birds! 

Kelliher kids spotted turkeys and an insect eating plant! 

Students in Hill City noticed mink and grouse from the deer stand! 

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Hill City School Report

Pike Lake kids are back in the Phenology swing of things after transitioning to full-time, remote school.  Glad to have them back! 

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Pike Lake School Report

Students at North Shore Community School report much bird activity this week! 

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North Shore Community School Report

And, Marilyn from Topeka, KS wonders where all the birds are! 

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Marilyn from Kansas

If you have a question or observation you'd like to share, jlatimer@kaxe.orgsend an email or leave a voice message at 218-999-9876!   If you are a teacher interested in getting the phenology program going in your classroom, send John an email!  He's got a whole curriculum he can send your way. 

If you love nature, you'll love our Season Watch page on Facebook.  Check it out!

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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.