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Birds of November and student observations

Two trumpeter swans fly toward the camera and are silhouetted against a blue sky. The area between the eyes and beak is black, but they are otherwise entirely white except for their dark feet. In the background is a bare deciduous forest and some ducks on the water.

In this week's Season Watch Pod, Jennifer Barr guides us through a conversation with wildlife enthusiast Pam Perry, plus reports from our students and a listener.

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This week, we hear our monthly conversation with retired non-game wildlife biologist Pam Perry, plus students report from Linwood Elementary in Wyoming, Minnesota and Prairie Creek Community School in Northfield. We also hear about this fall's first hard frost from Mike in Grand Rapids.

Attributions

  1. Trumpeter swan call recorded by iNaturalist user Kimcwren
  2. This episode was produced by Jennifer Barr, Heidi Holtan and Charlie Mitchell

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Charlie Mitchell creates the Season Watch Newsletter and Season Watch Podcast, produces the Phenology Talkbacks show, coordinates the Phenology in the Classroom program, and writes nature-related stories for KAXE's website. 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.)
For more than two decades, Heidi Holtan has helped shape the sound of KAXE. Since joining the station in 2002 as a volunteer music programmer, she has worn many hats including the weekly book program, Realgoodwords, hosting the Morning Show, creation and host of the weekly call-in program Between You and Me, serving as Outreach Producer. Program Director, News Director and currently Director of Content and Public Affairs.
Jennifer has worked at Northern Community Radio since 2006 and spent 17 years as Membership Manager. She shifted to a host/producer position in 2023. She hosts the Monday Morning Show and is the local host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" a few days a week. She also writes public services announcements and creates web stories.
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