© 2025

For assistance accessing the Online Public File for KAXE or KBXE, please contact: Steve Neu, IT Engineer, at 800-662-5799.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Asters and goldenrods predominate in late July

Goldenrods bloom near Kettle River, Minnesota. They have golden sets of blooms at the top of a green stem, leafy stem. The background is a blurry, golden-tan field bordered by a green forest.
Contributed
/
Lorie Shaull
Goldenrods bloom near Kettle River, Minnesota.

During the Phenology Report for the week of July 29, 2025, Staff Phenologist John Latimer covers the "end of the firsts," asters and more.

Staff Phenologist John Latimer talked about many different kinds of flowers in bloom right now as we approach the beginning of August. He also mentioned bees, butterflies, young hummingbirds and American Kestrels.

Topics

  • Introduction (0:00-0:53)
  • Asters and goldenrod (0:54-6:25)
  • Fleabane and Joe Pye Weed (6:26-8:54)
  • Should John Latimer dye his hair pink?/Membership drive (8:55-11:43)
  • More wildflowers (11:44-15:14)
  • Bees (15:15-15:42)
  • Pincherries & chokecherries (15:43-17:59)
  • Even more wildflowers (18:00-20:15)
  • Acorns and hazelnuts (20:16-22:35)
  • Young hummingbirds (22:36-22:53)
  • American Kestrels (22:54-23:22)
  • Conclusion (23:23-24:17)

What have you seen out there? Let us know: email us at comments@kaxe.org or text us at 218-326-1234.

That does it for this week! For more phenology, subscribe to our Season Watch Newsletter or visit the Season Watch Facebook page.

Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

Charlie Mitchell (she/they) joined KAXE in February of 2022. Charlie creates the Season Watch Newsletter, produces the Phenology Talkbacks show, coordinates the Phenology in the Classroom program, and writes nature-related stories for KAXE's website. Essentailly, Charlie is John Latimer's faithful sidekick and makes sure all of KAXE's nature/phenology programs find a second life online and in podcast form.


With a background in ecology and evolutionary biology, Charlie enjoys learning a little bit about everything, whether it's plants, mushrooms, or the star-nosed mole. (Fun fact: Moles store fat in their tails, so they don't outgrow their tunnels every time conditions are good.)