Walkin' on the Wild Side

The "possum-bilities" are endless when we get together with Jerry Reynolds, a wonderful and fun-loving naturalist and "possum-ologist" with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.  Join us as we chat, laugh, and marvel at the fascinating facts and biology of North America's only marsupial, the often maligned, but misunderstood Virginia Opossum! 

Here's a few websites and resources to learn more:
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2015/AprilMay/Animals/Opossums
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/virginia-opossum
https://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Learning/documents/Profiles/opossumvirginia.pdf
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/species/opossum.html

If you'd like to follow Jerry Reynolds on Facebook and his awesome posts, videos, and photos:
Facebook - Jerry Reynolds
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Injured or orphaned wildlife, contact a licensed rehabilitator in your area!  Contact your local state department of natural resources for a licensed rehabilitator list in your area.  Here's some information from the two national opossum societies:
https://opossumsocietyus.org/
https://www.opossum.org/

*At "Walkin' on the Wild Side", we recommend that you contact a licensed rehabilitator immediately when it comes to approaching any injured, abandoned, or orphaned wildlife

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Mushrooms are magic in so many ways!  The help trees to talk, they break down wood, leaves, and other organic material to help build soils, they are edible, medicinal, and may hold the key to future treatments for debilitating illnesses.  Join Marvin and Gabrielle and share their enthusiasm for the "fungus among us" and learn about these fantastic fungi!
Here's a few websites and resources to learn more:
Fantastic Fungi Film
Health Benefits of Mushrooms
Recommended Books:
Mushrooms of the Southeast
A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas
Mushroom Information,  Recommended Reading, Growing, and Growing Kits:
Mushroom Mountain

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Walkin' on the Wild Side

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For many of us, the Northern Cardinal is more than just a beautiful bird, it is a bird of comfort. Often associated with the embodiment of a loved one who has passed, this creature offers comfort and peace to many.  It is also an amazing bird with some pretty enduring habits, biology, and behaviors, including some mutations that cause this well known red bird to be...YELLOW. 
Join us to learn about this colorful creature who has inspired more bird watchers and backyard bird feeding than any other bird and who appeals to just about everyone!

 Here's some websites for additional information:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/overview#
https://www.thayerbirding.com/what-it-means-when-you-see-a-cardinal
https://www.audubon.org/news/for-male-cardinals-redder-better
https://www.audubon.org/news/why-northern-cardinal-yellow

Interested in having Marvin and Gabrielle speak at your event?  Email us below for more information!

Email us at [email protected]
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Walkin' on the Wild Side

You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com
We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Spring has sprung and there are wildflowers galore!  Join Marvin and Gabrielle on a special edition of Walkin' on the Wild Side on location in the mountains of North Carolina.  From the largest concentration of Sweet White Trilliums to one of the rarest wildflowers in the Southeast, these two places have waterfalls and wildflowers and surprises wait around every bend of the trail!

Here's some websites for additional information:
Spring Wildflowers of Appalachia
Pearson Falls
Melrose Falls - Conserving Carolina
SC State Parks - Oconee Bells

Interested in having Marvin and Gabrielle speak at your event?  Email us below for more information!

Email us at [email protected]
Check out our wildflower photos and follow us on our two webpages at:
Nature Nook Photography
Walkin' on the Wild Side

You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com
We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Spring is springing and the woods are coming alive with the calls of spring frogs and toads!  We're talking about the first harbingers of spring like trout lilies, maple tree blooms, and yes, spring peepers.
Join us as we broadcast right in and amongst the frogs themselves in the bottomland woodlands of the Sumter National Forest in the  Piedmont of South Carolina, surrounded by the cacophony of frogs calling in the background!  Join us for this special podcast immersed in the sounds of spring.

Here's some websites for additional information:
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/herps/frogstoads.html
http://www.srelherp.uga.edu/anurans/

Interested in helping scientists learn more about frogs?  Citizen science programs need your help and participation!  Join FrogWatch and learn about frogs and help identify frogs in your area for population data to scientists studying frogs and toads.
https://www.aza.org/frogwatch?locale=en
https://www.aza.org/become-a-frogwatch-volunteer?locale=en

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You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com
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The bald eagle has been fighting for survival every since its paths crossed humans.  From being hunted, poisoned, and imperiled time and time again, the magnificent bald eagle is still standing, but for how long?  Join Marvin and Gabrielle to learn more about these amazing birds and the struggles they've faced and the uncertain future that lies ahead for one of our largest birds of prey.

Here's some websites for additional information:
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/baldeagle/index.html
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Bald-Eagle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/bald-eagle-rebound-stunted-poisoning-lead-ammunition

*Amazing video of a bald eagle catching a fish too large to carry, so it just swims ashore!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fKtcBCL9Lw

Email us at [email protected]
You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com

We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Happy Valentine's Day!  In honor of this amorous holiday, we decided to talk about sex, baby!  Animals mate and in doing so, have developed some weird and wild ways to reproduce.  Join Marvin and Gabrielle for a podcast of the naughty nature and learn about some of the weird and wild ways animals mate.  *WARNING* Although there is no profanity and not what we would consider explicit, we will be referring to anatomical terms, sexual innuendo, euphemisms for sex, etc.,  so please listen accordingly. 

Here's some websites for additional information:
https://www.livescience.com/49658-animal-sex-octopuses.html
https://www.livescience.com/49805-animals-sex-countdown.html
https://www.snail-world.com/how-do-snails-reproduce/#:~:text=The%20function%20of%20love%20darts%20is%20not%20transferring,the%20chances%20of%20success%20to%20have%20offspring.%20Mating


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To our most sensitive listeners, it is not our intention to offend, so if you are easily offended, you may consider skipping this episode...As always, we hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Unfortunately, bad weather and a stomach flu put an end to our Okefenokee trip before it even started.  However, we've got a fun little podcast episode we think you'll enjoy!

Many species of animals gather in groups for many reasons, and early observations of animals have led to some pretty crazy names for these groupings.  Join Marvin and Gabrielle to explore some of these names and maybe even some explanation for some of the names, but some of them defy explanation!

Here's a few websites to more information on this topic:
https://owlcation.com/stem/collective-names-for-groups-of-animals
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298626/an-exaltation-of-larks-by-james-lipton/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juliana-Berners

Email us at [email protected]
You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com

As always, we hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Would you believe you can see snowy owls, our largest owl, in the continental United States?   Join Marvin and Gabrielle as they talk about their "quest" to find snowy owls in Ohio, and learn a little about this beautiful, awe-inspiring, and impressive snowy white arctic owl!

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Owl/id
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=1210
https://www.projectsnowstorm.org/what-is-an-irruption/

For photos from Marvin and Gabrielle's trip to see the snowy owls, you can follow us on Facebook at Nature Nook Photography and scroll down to see the images.
Email us at [email protected]
You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com

As always, we hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

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Black bears are some of the most charismatic, recognizable, and popular critters of the Southeast.  Join Marvin and Gabrielle for a fun look at the life of black bears, their stories and interactions with bears, and some info on how to be safe around these amazing mammals!

Here are some great websites:
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/species/bear
https://bear.org/quick-black-bear-facts/
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/black-bears.htm
Black Bears on the North Carolina Coast:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pocosin_lakes
https://www.ncbearfest.com (details soon for 2022)
Here's a link to a post I did about the bears of Cades Cove: https://www.facebook.com/page/275278035824539/search/?q=black%20bears

You can follow us on Facebook at Nature Nook Photography
Email us at [email protected]
You can also listen to us on our new Facebook Podcast Page - Walkin' on the Wild Side
Or listen directly from our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com

As always, we hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback.   Subscribe to our podcasts and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!  So get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

We'd love to hear from you with your questions and comments!