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Phenology Talkbacks: 3/23/21

Katie Carter
Silver Maple

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for us to hear what you are noticing outside.  

Hill City students report a dead racoon, a skunk, trumpeter swans and more! 

Kids at Pike Lake Elementary are finishing up their sugarbush season and sneaking some sap sips as they do it! 

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Pike Lake Elementary

Near Duluth, kids heard an owl and saw caterpillars and a red fox.

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North Shore Community School Report

Students in Northfield noted the first vultures of the season and the first flies! 

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Prairie Creek Community School

Heidi  noted a welcome night sound and Carl from Bemidji tweeted a phenology report involving a seemingly lost eelpout in this report... 

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Carl and Heidi

Don't hesitate to send along your observations! We'd love to hear from you. 

If you are a teacher who would like more information about the Phenology Curriculum, email John, we'd love to have your students involved! 

 If you love Phenology, check out our KAXE-KBXE Season Watchpage on Facebook.   

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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.