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Phenology
They rhythmic biological events as they relate to climate.

Phenology Report: March 28, 2017

John Swartz via KAXE-KBXE Season Watch FB Page
Open Water Fishing on Mississippi River Inlet

Phenology is the rhythmic, biological nature of events as they relate to climate.  Our resident phenologistJohn Latimer has been keeping phenology notes for 33 years, documenting the subtle and not so subtle changes he notices in the natural world.  Every week, he gives our listeners a full report of what he's noticing as well as what others have reported.  This week's report is full of hints of spring!  Horned larks, red fox, bluebirds and even the very early wound of a wood frog all make it into this week's report. 

If you have an observation or a question about phenology, send us an emailor give us a call at 218.999.9876.  We'd love to hear from you.  Check out our Facebook Season Watch Page for all sorts of videos and images posted by regular people as they observe their natural world!  

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.