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Season Watch

What did dinosaur songs sound like?

By Charlie Mitchell,
Malachy Koons
Published March 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM CST
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A large, long-necked bird with a reddish-brown back, a grey neck, a red cap, and orange eyes stands among cattails.
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A Sandhill Crane stands in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2020.

In this episode, co-hosts Malachy Koons and Charlie Mitchell anticipate the migratory marvels of March and discuss the sounds of dinosaurs.

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Have any books shaped your perception on wildlife?

Co-hosts Malachy Koons (Minnesota Mixtape and music producer, Merlin skeptic) and Charlie Mitchell (phenology producer, nature nerd) reminisce about the Redwall books, ponder phenological mismatches, and discuss the dinosaur-like calls of cranes.

In addition, we hear from John Latimer and the Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners.

Check out the Hopkin's law map here!

Attributions

  • Mummy sound from Leeds Museum and Galleries, featured on CBS Mornings.
  • Maple sap sound by Charlie Mitchell.
  • American Robin song by Jonathon Jongsma, XC132864. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/132864.
  • Great Blue Heron call by Michael Hurben, XC854861. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/854861.
  • Killdeer call by Jonathon Jongsma, XC62728. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/62728.
  • Red-tailed Hawk by Christopher McPherson, XC691878. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/691878.
  • Red-winged Blackbird song by Jonathon Jongsma, XC75497. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/75497.
  • John's phenology report and the Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners phenology report originally aired on KAXE.

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Charlie Mitchell
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.<br/><br/><br/>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.)
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Malachy Koons
Malachy joined Northern Community Radio in 2022, where he helps curate the sound of KAXE and gets to share his passion for local music as Producer of Minnesota Mixtape, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. You can also find him hosting Headwaters every Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 10 p.m., and curating our weekly live music feature The Setlist.
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