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Buzz Blossom & Squeak — Be a Neighborhood Naturalist Buzz Blossom & Squeak — Be a Neighborhood Naturalist Jill McKinley Principio de Incertidumbre Principio de Incertidumbre EXPlay Unexplained Inc. Unexplained Inc. Phantom Phil 吳老師與Maggie聊天文與生活 吳老師與Maggie聊天文與生活 Maggie K Archaeostoryteller, με τον Θόδωρο Παπακώστα Archaeostoryteller, με τον Θόδωρο Παπακώστα pod.gr The Littoral Zone The Littoral Zone Mari Ana Trench Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark Darren Marlar Almanacco del giorno Almanacco del giorno Streammo TED-Ed TED-Ed TED-Ed Investigate Earth Conspiracy Podcast Investigate Earth Conspiracy Podcast Do Without Fear Media Boring History for Sleep Boring History for Sleep Velvet Breeders Syndicate 3.0 Breeders Syndicate 3.0 Matthew Riot PBS Space Time PBS Space Time PBS ReddX Reddit Reads ReddX Reddit Reads ReddX The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories Real Ghost Stories Online Real Ghost Stories Online Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio Logically Answered Logically Answered Logically Answered Vedanta Cast Vedanta Cast Jonas Masetti London Weather Daily London Weather Daily Fast Foundations Beyond the Void: Philosophy & Psychology for the Modern Mind Beyond the Void: Philosophy & Psychology for the Modern Mind btv La Mano Peluda La Mano Peluda Radio Fórmula Daily Paper Cast Daily Paper Cast Jingwen Liang, Gengyu Wang Daily Astrocat: Your Playful and Profound Daily Astrology Podcast! Daily Astrocat: Your Playful and Profound Daily Astrology Podcast! Shane Jinson, Original backing tracks by Cabbitha. Darkwoodsparanormal Darkwoodsparanormal Darkwoods Paranormal JP Lovecraft's Creepy Podcast JP Lovecraft's Creepy Podcast JP Lovecraft IQ - Wissenschaft und Forschung IQ - Wissenschaft und Forschung Bayerischer Rundfunk c’t uplink - der IT-Podcast aus Nerdistan c’t uplink - der IT-Podcast aus Nerdistan c’t Magazin More or Less More or Less BBC Radio 4 Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's Podot Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids Scott Donnelly Engines of Our Ingenuity Engines of Our Ingenuity Houston Public Media On This Day in Working Class History On This Day in Working Class History Working Class History Environment Daily Environment Daily Ground Report Artificial Intelligence Masterclass Artificial Intelligence Masterclass AI Masterclass After Skool After Skool After Skool Quazi Johir Quazi Johir Quazi Johir Merschman Seeds Cup of Joe Merschman Seeds Cup of Joe Merschman Seeds
Buzz Blossom & Squeak — Be a Neighborhood Naturalist

Science

Buzz Blossom & Squeak — Be a Neighborhood Naturalist

Jill McKinley

120 - Let Somebody Else Raise Your Kids — A Bird Strategy

July 02, 2026 7:00am 11 min

My friend and I were out at our local federal marsh when we spotted brown-headed cowbirds, a black-billed cuckoo, and a yellow-billed cuckoo — all in the same outing. Three birds with three very different levels of commi...

119 - What Are Birds Actually Fighting About?

June 25, 2026 12:30am 19 min

That bird that acts like it owns your entire backyard? It probably does — and it has good reasons for the attitude. While camping last month, I watched a string of bird fights break out around my campsite, and it got me ...

118 - Nobody Loves the Possum. Here’s Why They Should.

June 18, 2026 2:00pm 18 min

Nobody loves the possum. That’s kind of the point.The hissing, the drooling, the naked scaly tail, the teeth — all fifty of them — and the dramatic habit of passing out and smelling like death when startled. None of this...

117 - From the Rockies to Alaska: Why the West Is So Different

June 11, 2026 12:30pm 38 min

If the Appalachians are ancient, rounded, and quiet — worn down by hundreds of millions of years — then what are the Rockies? The answer is: still under construction. This episode picks up where the eastern geography ser...

116 - The Ancient Forces That Made North America

June 04, 2026 2:00pm 20 min

North America doesn't just look remarkable — it is remarkable, and not in a flag-waving way. In this episode of Buzz, Blossom & Squeak, I want to take you on a deep-time journey across the continent and show you how the ...

115 - How Baby Birds Learn Everything

May 28, 2026 12:30pm 21 min

Last week on a camping trip, I had three moments that made me laugh out loud — and then sent me down a rabbit hole about one of nature's most entertaining and overlooked stories. A young downy woodpecker was earnestly pe...

114 - Why Birds Get Lost: The Science of Vagrancy and Range Expansion

May 20, 2026 8:40pm 21 min

In July 2023, a volunteer doing routine piping plover counts at a Wisconsin wildlife area saw a flash of pink out of the corner of his eye. He stopped. He looked again. He started making phone calls. What he was looking ...

113 - Reading the Sky: What Storm Colors Are Telling You

May 13, 2026 9:45pm 37 min

Why does the sky turn green when a tornado is coming? Why do storm clouds go black? And what does a 19th-century volcanic eruption in Indonesia have to do with one of the most famous paintings in the world? In this episo...

112- Why Is Water Blue? The Science of Color in Lakes, Oceans, and Ice

May 06, 2026 7:40pm 28 min

Why is Lake Superior almost black on a stormy day and impossibly blue on a calm one? Why does the Caribbean look turquoise when it's made of the same H2O? And what's happening when glacier ice glows that eerie deep blue ...

111 - Spectrometry in Space: What Every Planet Is Telling Us

April 30, 2026 9:35pm 15 min

We've never touched Mars. We've never scooped up Pluto's frost or sifted through Jupiter's cloud layers. And yet scientists can describe the chemistry of every planet in our solar system with remarkable precision. This e...

110 - How Light Reveals Secrets

April 23, 2026 2:20pm 15 min

What if you could know what something is made of — without ever touching it? That's not science fiction. It's spectrometry, and it's one of the most quietly extraordinary tools in all of science. In this first episode of...

109 - The Science of Noticing When Nature Happens

April 16, 2026 10:30am 13 min

Spring doesn't arrive in a single moment — it arrives in layers, and phenology is the science of noticing the order. There's a name for what farmers, hunters, and naturalists have practiced for centuries: tracking when n...

108 - How to Actually Identify Ducks

April 09, 2026 10:20pm 24 min

Duck season is here — and ducks are confusing. If you've ever stood at the edge of a pond going completely blank while trying to name what you're looking at, this episode is for you. I'm launching a new series called Bir...

107 -The Dusk Chorus: What Happens When the Sun Goes Down

April 02, 2026 9:35am 15 min

You've heard the dawn chorus — but have you heard the dusk chorus? Step outside at sunset and a whole different world comes alive. In this episode, Jill heads out to a Wisconsin oak savanna just before dark and witnesses...

106 - Why Do Birds Sing at Dawn?

March 25, 2026 9:10pm 17 min

Have you ever woken up at five in the morning, stepped outside into the cold and the dark, and heard a single bird start to sing — and then another, and then another, until the whole world seemed to be answering? That's ...

105 - The First Thing Every Animal Does When Spring Arrives

March 18, 2026 8:50pm 15 min

Spring fever is real — and it turns out every creature in the natural world has it too. In this episode I'm exploring the very first thing each animal does the moment winter releases its grip. From frogsicles thawing in ...

104 - Spring Is Already Here — You Just Have to Know Where to Look

March 11, 2026 2:30pm 15 min

Step outside with me for a minute. The grass is still brown and undecided. There are patches of snow on the north side of the fence. The ground is soft on top but frozen just a few inches down. Nothing looks alive — but ...

103 - Feathers Are More Incredible Than You Think

March 04, 2026 9:45pm 14 min

I walk past feathers all the time — on the trail, in my yard, floating across the floor when my bird molts — and I'll be honest, I never gave them a second thought. But when you actually stop and look at what a feather i...

102 - Why Can Animals Eat Things That Would Kill Us?

February 25, 2026 8:25pm 17 min

Have you ever watched a dog eat something off the ground and thought — I would be in the hospital right now? Or stared at a koala stuffing eucalyptus leaves into its face and wondered how that's even possible? Today I'm ...

101 - From Skywatching to Wall Clocks: How Nature Became Our Calendar

February 18, 2026 12:00pm 20 min

How did watching the sky turn into the calendar on the wall and the clock we check every day? This episode explores how ancient sky observations evolved into the structured systems of time we now take for granted.⏳ Time ...

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