Wild Ideas...the Podcast 209
Posted On : May 2/2013
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Show Notes : Joann introduces our new Corn Snakes. After Gordon waxes poetic about Whip-poor-wills, Gary brings us down to earth with mycorrhiza fungi. Our interview is with Jacquelyn Gill, the Contempletive Mammoth blogger, about de-extinction.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 191
Posted On : December 20/2012
Tagged as : Emerald Ash Borer New Year White-crowned Sparrow Ginkgo biloba Drew Todd
Show Notes : Why does the new year start January 1? Joann tells us. Gary enjoys White-crowned Sparrows. Gordon talks about yet another living fossil—Gingko biloba. Drew Todd of Ohio Department Natural Resources explains the Emerald Ash Borer.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 181
Posted On : October 3/2012
Tagged as : Emerald Ash Borer New Year White-crowned Sparrow Ginkgo biloba Drew Todd
Show Notes : Gary's looking at weather and the stratosphere. Gordon finds Evening Lychnis--or was it? Joann observes photoperiodism. Our interview is with Pete Dunne of the New Jersey Audubon Cape May Observatory.

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WIld Ideas...the Podcast 160
Posted On : May 3/2012
Tagged as : Emerald Ash Borer New Year White-crowned Sparrow Ginkgo biloba Drew Todd
Show Notes : Gary hears a Black-throated Green Warbler, Joann finds some great potholes, and Gordon tells about The Wilderness Center's new solar array. We continue the cycles shows with the carbon cycle.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 151
Posted On : March 3/2012
Tagged as : Emerald Ash Borer New Year White-crowned Sparrow Ginkgo biloba Drew Todd
Show Notes : Joann talks about the leap year, Gordon talks about quick sand and Gary discusses some new research on the speciation of a species of bacteria. An interview with Dr. David Wagner from the U. of Connecticut and the importance of caterpillars.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 149
Posted On : February 16/2012
Tagged as : Oldest Organism Red-headed Red-bellied King Vulture Turkey Vulture
Show Notes : The oldest living organism may be sea grass according to new research. Joann compares and contrasts Red-bellied and Red-headed Woodpeckers. Gordon saw a King Vulture in Costa Rica. There is a minor mystery about this bird. Bill Lynch tells all about amazing Turkey Vultures.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 141
Posted On : December 15/2011
Tagged as : Kepler-22b Greater Roadrunner Jonah Evans iTrack Wildlife
Show Notes : Kepler-22b is the newly discovered planet with in the Goldilocks zone. Joann explains why everyone is so excited. Gordon talks about the Greater Roadrunner. iTrack Wildlife is a new app for smart phones. The interview is with Jonah Evans the biologist who developed the app.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 126
Posted On : September 1/2011
Tagged as : Kepler-22b Greater Roadrunner Jonah Evans iTrack Wildlife
Show Notes : Joann talks about a new (to her) Wild Ginger and the surprising number of species of Ginger. Gordon talks about cherry trees: domesticated and wild with some explanation of the role of wild cherry trees in the forest. Gary explains the revised estimates of the number of species on the planet. Listener feedback leads to a discussion of predator control and scientific thinking.

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Wild Ideas...the Podcast 115
Posted On : June 16/2011
Tagged as : Kepler-22b Greater Roadrunner Jonah Evans iTrack Wildlife
Show Notes : Gary's thinking about impervious surfaces and runoff. Joann finds an embarrassingly common new plant! And Gordon's observations about Mourning Doves lead to a discussion of game/nongame species.

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WIld Ideas...the Podcast 97
Posted On : February 10/2011
Tagged as : Kepler-22b Greater Roadrunner Jonah Evans iTrack Wildlife
Show Notes : We actually got a peek at the sun this week! And also talk about the ice storm and your birdfeeding, and new info on oysters. The interview, in honor of Darwin Day, is with Dr. Mark Wilson, Professor of Paleontology.

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