Dispatches from the Forest

Episode 85: House Spiders

It's spooky season feral friends!  So to honor that we're taking a look at some critters that go with Halloween like peanut butter goes with jelly: spiders - specifically some species of spider that often turn up in your house.  Seriously, you're surrounded by spiders, you might as well get to know them!
 
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Dirt Dispatch #13

Recovering from surgery has kept me in the house the last week or so, but I've got owls, orb weavers (or rather a lack of orb weavers) and book recommendations!  
 
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Episode 84: The Grebe-y Jeebies

Before we get too deep into "Spooky Season" let's take a break from creepy crawlies and return to the world of birds.  Grebes are a diving bird with one of the most elaborate courtship rituals in the bird kingdom.  Learn everything you didn't know you needed to know about this amazing bird on this episode!
 
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Dirt Dispatch #12

Happy Fall to my Northern Hemisphere listeners - Happy Spring to the New Zealanders and anyone else in the Southern Hemisphere!  In this Dispatch: Fall colors, mummified bats and a foray into the home school community!
 
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Episode 83: Ain't no Hopper Like a Grasshopper

Grasshoppers have been around for 250 million years.  They're so common that we kind of take them for granted.  But what do you really KNOW about grasshoppers?  Well, learn more about them on this episode!
 
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Dirt Dispatch #11

What's been happening here at Dispatches HQ?  It's starting to feel like fall - a brief pelican update, coyotes playing the long con, cat-faced orb weaver spiders and lazy teenage great horned owls.  Check it out!
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Episode 82: Not the Mothman, but Moths, Man

Last episode I talked about butterflies, this episode is about moths.  How are they different from butterflies?  How are they the same?  I'll also tell you about a moth that's a punk-rock pirate.
 
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Dirt Dispatch #10

An addendum to Episode 81 (Butterfly Royalty) regarding Monarch butterfly conservation, the Swainson's hawks are back in town, and a couple of corvid incidents.  Check out what I've been seeing and doing the last couple weeks!
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