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...
The Ungulate Mating Calendar Demands Tight Timing by Milo Burcham Broadcast 11.17.2013, 9.20.2016, and 9.22 & 9.25.2020 Listen: I’ve seen white-tailed does and fawns in my yard all spring and summer. But just last week I saw two bucks. Why would bucks...
Wolverines: Wild Weasels Of The Alpine by Tom McKean Broadcast 9.20 & 9.25.2015 and 9.15 & 9.18.2020 Listen: High on the west side of Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, bloated marmots grazed and pikas chirped, darting over rocks with mouths full of...
Whether Lichens Conceal Or Reveal Depends On What You’re Looking For by Ron Tschida Broadcast 9.15.2015 and 9.8 & 9.11.2020 Listen: Hiking along a ridgetop above the wind-rippled surface of Flathead Lake, I approached a rock outcrop. From a distance...
Ceanothus by Mike Hillis Broadcast 5.28 and 6.2.2017 and 9.1 & 9.4.2020 Listen: Thirty-plus years ago when I was studying wildlife management at Oregon State University, we learned that Ceanothus was a highly preferred forage plant for deer and elk during...