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Phenology Talkbacks: March 7, 2016

Ken Hupila via Season Watch Facebook Page
Fin Bay Bandits

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Roosevelt Elementary
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Robert J Elkington Middle School
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Mark from Effie
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Listener talkbacks

So many phenology indicators this week  that spring is getting closer and closer!  Starlings, drumming grouse, roosting partridges, otters, fishers, cardinals, and chickadees feeding right out of a child's hands! We heard from the kids at North Shore Community School, Roosevelt Elementary, Robert J. Elkington Middle School this week.  We also got a report from Mark from Effie as well as Jeff from Brainerd, Joel and Dallas.  Thanks to all of you for your great phenology reporting.  Lots of action in nature these days and we love to hear about it!  

What have you noticed outside?  Give us a call and leave a message on our talkback line 218.999.9876 oremail the station or John Latimer directly.  We want to know what you are observing!  

If you love hearing about this stuff as much as we do, you may want to join our Facebook Season Watch page where people post pics and videos of all kinds of things they are observing out in nature.  

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.