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Phenology Report: 11/24/20

Frieda Hall via KAXE KBXE Season Watch FB Page
Nature's Artwork on Tioga Beach

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate.  Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer closely assesses the subtle changes happening outside and gives a full, official phenology report.  In this week's report we learn that John went ice skating on his lake and he's got advice for folks heading out to skate in the coming days.  He also discusses many beautiful plants observable in the forest these days,  over-wintering caterpillars, and he answers a question about the owl's ability to turn its head in a circle... turns out owls can turn their heads 270 degrees! Check out more details of these highlights and much more in the full report! 

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Check out our Season Watch page on Facebook for more pics, videos and conversation about what's happening outside! Have a question or observation to share with John? Send him an email!

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.