Episodes

Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Episode 90: The Gift of the Lost Episode
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Happy Holidays feral friends! For this special episode I give you the gift of the "lost" episode of the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast. Truly the very first, never-before-released episode that started it all. It's a history of Fontenelle Forest Nature Center, both as an organization, and a a spot on on the map - and it's an incredibly interesting story! Featuring an interview with Fontenelle's historian, Katherine Kuper.
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Dirt Dispatch #18
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Happy winter solstice (for my Northern Hemisphere listeners) and summer solstice (for those of you down under!). I share my solstice tradition and tell you about the oldest known wild bird - a Laysan Albatross named "Wisdom".
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Episode 89: Pigeon Holed
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Pigeons have become a fixture of cities - but why? Well it turns out that pigeons and humans have been intertwined for thousands of years. And they've played a role in revolutions, scientific breakthroughs and wars. Not only that, they're pretty cool birds. Learn more about this ubiquitous and often ignored bird on this episode!
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Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Dirt Dispatch #17
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Clark's Nutcrackers - an amazing member of the Corvid family that can cache up to 98,000 pine nuts per season, and did the City of Chicago release coyotes in Graceland Cemetery to control raccoons? I'll tell you what I think!
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Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Episode 88: Cleaning out the Junk Drawer
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
In this episode I tell you about two unrelated things - one is a plant, one is a bird - both are interesting but neither is enough for a full episode by itself.
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Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Dirt Dispatch #16
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
This episode of Dirt Dispatches: It's a small world, letting nature sooth you, and a bunch of critter sightings. Check it out!
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Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Episode 87: A Flock of Seagulls
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
You've seen em' at the seashore, you've seen em' at the lakeshore, heck you've probably seen em' in the parking lot of the big box store. Seagulls are everywhere! Let's take a look at the often maligned seagull - a devoted mate, parent and incredibly intelligent bird!
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Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Dirt Dispatch #15
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Grizzly 399, the cautionary tale of P'Nut the squirrel and the importance of licensed rehabbers and 3 common social media comments that need to be retired ASAP.
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Dispatches from the Forest
I love to indulge my inner nature nerd. I have a degree in Natural Resource Management and I'm a Virginia Master Naturalist. If there is a particular topic you'd like me to talk about, let me know. You can email me at Dispatchesfromtheforest@gmail.com
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