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KAXE Morning Show

Phenology Report: Latimer thanks his 'spies all over the Northland'

By Charlie Mitchell
Published April 12, 2024 at 9:00 AM CDT
Canada Geese swim behind cattails after sunset on Big Sandy Lake on April 6, 2024.
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Canada Geese swim behind cattails after sunset on Big Sandy Lake on April 6, 2024.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of April 9, 2024.

This week, John was gallivanting in Texas to see the eclipse.

Timestamps

  • Introduction (0:00-0:25) 

  • John’s eclipse adventures in Texas (0:25-6:40) 

    • Animals (1:00-3:09) 
    • Plants (3:09-5:02, Commelina erecta or erect dayflower 5:02-6:40) 
  • “I have numerous spies all over the Northland” (6:40-6:48) 
  • Birds (6:48-7:00, 7:08-8:48) 
  • Plants (7:00-7:08, 8:48-9:12) 
  • Conclusion (9:12-10:09) 

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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