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Phenology Report: A brown Christmas

By Charlie Mitchell
Published December 26, 2023 at 5:08 PM CST
A Bohemian Waxwing holds onto a twig in freezing rain near Bemidji, MN on Dec. 26, 2023.
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A Bohemian Waxwing holds onto a twig in freezing rain near Bemidji, MN on Dec. 26, 2023.

It's a warm holiday season this year, with rain and no snow on the ground in Grand Rapids. Staff phenologist John Latimer covers the results from his Christmas Bird Count expedition, discusses the strangely warm temperatures and even touches on some winter-hardy insects. Enjoy!

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).

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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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