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**Nature Guys**

Nature Guys connects you to the exciting natural world right in your own neighborhood. These nature connections will help you be cool, calm, collected and ready to make a positive difference in the world. Nature Guys is hosted by Bob a long time nature lover.

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Mourning Doves Feb 19, 2019

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The Mourning Dove is easy to find both by sight and by ear.

Our sources for this episode include:

Fun Mourning Dove Facts http://backyardbirdingblog.com/fun-mourning-dove-facts/
Mourning Dove https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/lifehistory
The Secret Life of the Mourning Dove http://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/the-secret-life-of-the-mourning-dove

Chickadee Dee Dee Feb 05, 2019

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This is a bird that is so friendly it will eat out of your hand! Tune in to find out more about this cute little bird that is easy to find.

Our sources for this episode include:

Black-capped chickadees are amazing little birds - https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/thom-smith-naturewatch-black-capped-chickadees-are-amazing-little-birds,532813
10 Interesting Facts About Chickadees - https://www.backyardchirper.com/blog/10-interesting-facts-about-chickadees/
Carolina Chickadees - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Carolina_Chickadee/overview

Tufted Titmouse Jan 22, 2019

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This is a bird that is easily identified. It will come to your feeder and is a year round resident in Cincinnati. Tune in to learn more about the little bird with the bad haircut.

Our sources for this episode include:

What is a Titmouse? - http://www.10000birds.com/titmouse.htm
Titmouse - https://www.britannica.com/animal/titmouse
Tufted Titmouse - https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/tufted-titmouse

Cordyceps Can Be Helpful Jan 08, 2019

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Cordyceps is a fungus that can destroy ant colonies. Tune in to find out how cicadas found a way to use cordyceps to survive.

Our sources for this episode include:

Fungus turns 'zombie antsʼ into booby traps https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/19/fungus-turns-zombie-ants-into-booby-traps/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.549321d845b5
6 Benefits of Cordyceps, All Backed by Science https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cordyceps-benefits#section8
Cordyceps: The Most Terrifying Fungus Youʼve Ever Seen https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/05/28/cordyceps-the-most-terrifying-fungus-youve-ever-seen/
How to Tame a Zombie Fungus - Cicadas have repeatedly turned the infamous cordyceps fungi into indispensable allies. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/how-to-tame-a-zombie-fungus/562544/

Horsehair Worms Dec 25, 2018

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Horsehair worms are easy to find. They are fascinating and harmless. Keep your eyes open when you are near water. Bill found one crawling out of a grasshopper.

Our sources for this episode include:

Horsehair Worms (https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/files/efpdf3/ef613.pdf)
Iowa State Horsehair Worms (https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/horsehair-worm)
Wild Fact #752 – Bad Company – Nematomorpha (http://www.wild-facts.com/2010/wild-fact-752-bad-company-nematomorpha/)
Zombie Fungus Enslaves Only Its Favorite Ant Brains (https://www.livescience.com/47751-zombie-fungus-picky-about-ant-brains.html)

Water Striders Walk on Water Dec 11, 2018

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Water Striders are amazing insects that you can find in lakes and streams. Tune in to find out what they eat, how fast they are and much more.

This episode was recorded live at Roads, Rivers and Trails (https://roadsriversandtrails.com/).

Our sources for this episode include:

Facts About Water Striders https://someinterestingfacts.net/facts-water-striders
This Is Why Water Striders Make Terrible Lifeguards - KQED You Tube video
https://www.kqed.org/science/1871155/this-is-why-water-striders-make-terriblelifeguards
7 Water Strider Facts – It Walks On Water! http://jakesnatureblog.com/2018/08/11/7-water-strider-facts-walks-water/
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds - Water Strider - You Tube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RphuMEUY3Og

Giving Tuesday Nov 27, 2018

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As human beings we have a chance to contribute to organizations that help educate and protect the natural world. Bob and Bill talk about some of their favorite organizations and what they are able to accomplish with a little help from people like you. If you are donating to an organization please consider leaving a comment under this episode.

Organizations that Bob and Bill support:

Imago https://imagoearth.org
Cincinnati Nature Center https://www.cincynature.org
The Nature Conservancy https://www.nature.org/en-us/
American Bird Conservancy https://abcbirds.org

Parachuting Beavers Nov 13, 2018

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The beaver is one of the largest rodents in North America. Tune in to find out how and why beavers actually took up parachuting!

Our sources for this episode include:

Parachuting beavers featured in 'Fur For the Future,' 1950s-era film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNAjBPIyjQ
Amazing Facts About the Beaver https://onekindplanet.org/animal/beaver/
Facts About Beavers https://www.livescience.com/52460-beavers.html
11 Fascinating Facts About Beavers http://mentalfloss.com/article/62316/11-fascinating-facts-about-beavers

Zombie Wasps Oct 30, 2018

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Did you know that we have thousands of species of parasitoid wasps? Tune in to find out why these are called Zombie Wasps.

Our sources for this episode include:

Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillar Survival | Life In The Undergrowth | BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCo2uCLXvhk
That little speck there? That's a parasitoid wasp! https://u.osu.edu/pinningblock/2015/05/28/that-little-speck-there-thats-a-parasitoid-wasp/
Ichneumon Wasps More than 5,000 species in North America https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ichneumon-wasps
Intimate relation between blue butterfly, ichneumon wasp and ants https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320475303_Intimate_relation_between_blue_butterfly_ichneumon_wasp_and_ant

Canada Geese Fly By Night Oct 16, 2018

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This is Nature Guys 100th episode and to celebrate Bill and Bob did a live show for volunteers of Cincinnati Nature Center (https://www.cincynature.org/) the place they met many years ago. This episode is on Canada Geese a bird that Bill had many encounters with at Cincinnati Nature Center. Tune in to find out all about the bird many people love to hate.

Related episode: Don't Grab a Snapping Turtle by the Tail (http://natureguys.org/snapping-turtle/)

Our sources for this episode include:

Where Did All Those Canada Geese In Town Come From? https://www.allaboutbirds.org/canada-goose-resident-vs-migratory/
The Canada Goose https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Canada-Goose-Facts-and-Information
6 Honking Facts About Canada Geese http://mentalfloss.com/article/80243/6-honking-facts-about-canada-geese
Canada geese will attack. Why are the birds so aggressive? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/25/canada-geese-attacks-population-aggressive/550135002/

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