Boom Or Bust: Boreal Forests, Irruption, And Pine Siskins

Boom Or Bust: Boreal Forests, Irruption And Pine Siskins by Elizabeth Domenech Broadcast 3.16 & 3.19.2021   Listen:   I often feel that new words come to me at the exact right moment. This fall, I had one of those moments of synchronicity, when I began...

Snow Fleas: 400 Million Years Old And Still Springing

Snow Fleas: 400 Million Years Old And Still Springing by Nicholas Littman Broadcast 4.15.2015 Listen:   “Oooo…the poor snow fleas,” says my fiancée, Paige, crouching on the ice to see them closer. “It’s a snow flea massacre, a snow...

How ‘Moon Dogs’ Are Made

Moon Dogs by Ellie Duncan Broadcast 12.3 & 12.8.2017 and 12.29.2020 & 1.1.2021 Listen:   Moon dogs have many names: lunar halos, moon rings, or winter rings. Their scientific name is “paraselenae” and they are made visible by a combination of specific...

When Wildlife Remain Elusive, Follow The Clues

When Wildlife Remain Elusive, Follow The Clues by Jennifer Dolese Broadcast 11.20 & 11.25.2016 and 11.3 & 11.6.2020 Listen:   A couple of weekends ago, some friends and I got up early to drive into the Flint Creek Range near Anaconda. We planned to hike...

A Half-Ounce Black-Capped Chickadee Is A Winter Heavyweight

A Half-Ounce Black-Capped Chickadee Is A Winter Heavyweight by Jennifer Dolese Broadcast 9.27 & 9.30.2020 and 9.29 & 10.2.2020 Listen:   This summer, while watching White-crowned Sparrows, Pine Siskins, and Cassin’s Finches feeding on the sunflower...