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Phenology Talkbacks and Student Reports: Feb 11,2020

Brent Cizek
Great Gray Owl

Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio because we focus on climate and nature.  When school is in session, we are even more jazzed than normal because  young phenologists across Minnesota when call in their classroom phenology reports.This week we heard from kids in Kelliher, Virginia, Grand Rapids, Hill City, Two Harbors and Northfield!  We also had reports from adults at Hill Lake and Deerwood.  Roaming skunks, biting perch, juncos, the sucker moon and moose sitings are just a few golden nuggets from today's reports.  Check them all out to find out what's happening across northern Minnesota!  You can send along a note to report what you've observed outside by emailing us or leaving a voice message at 218-999-9876!  Also, don't forget to check out the KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Facebook page!

Kelliher kids reported eagles, skunks, long icicles and much more! 

Kids from Virginia saw squirrels climbing around, bunnies and a wolf and pup! 

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Phenology Report from Virginia, MN

Grand Rapids students report longer days and milder temperatures and many deer!

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Phenology Report from Grand Rapids students

Hill City high school students think they've found a muskrat's food storage area! 

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Hill City Student Report

North Shore Community School reports that February is historically the dryest month of of winter, they also report sighting a moose, a saw whet owl, a turkey and even pussy willows budding! 

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Phenology Report from North Shore Community School

Students from Northfield report hoar frost, snowfalls, juncos, and several eagles! 

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Phenology Report from Prairie Creek Community School in Northfield

Chris called in a detailed report from Hill Lake near Hill City that included a long-tailed weasel!

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Phenology Report from Hill Lake

And Ed Dallas from Deerwood sent along some nature notes for John to read: 

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Ed Dallas's Phenology Observations

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.