Winter weather has finally come to Dispatches HQ.  I tell you one of my favorite things about being outside after a light snow.  I saw some birds that are rare to this part of Wyoming and tell you why you should embrace your inner goose.  Also details on the very first "Feral Final Friday" Webinar and how to register.

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Happy 2025!  In honor of winter weather I'm going to tell you about a bird that, well, at least has "snow" in it's name: The Snowy Plover.

I'll also give you information on how to register for my first "Feral Final Friday Webinar" which will be on Friday, January 31st at 11a Mountain Time (that's 10a Pacific, 12p Central, 1p Eastern).  Registration is just $5.

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Happy New Year!  In this dispatch: my final observations of 2024 and goals for 2025.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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