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Phenology Report: 12/08/20

Gary Payne via KAXE/KBXE Season Watch Facebook Page
Trumpeters on Ice

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.  Included in this week's report are differences between varieties of pine trees,  a comparison of the northern shrike to the blue jay, and, among other things, sightings of ravens, owls, grosbeaks, a shrew. 

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Check out our Season Watch page on Facebookfor 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.