Urban Wildlife Podcast

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Nature and Nature Lovers in Palestine Oct 07, 2017

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It’s easy to be a birder in Philadelphia, but what about Bethlehem (not the one near Allentown) or the Gaza Strip? Learn about nature and nature loving under occupation, and hear about two organizations training citizen scientists, educating children about nature, … Continue reading →

Things that go Flap in the Night: Nighthawks and Bats at the Cemetery Sep 27, 2017

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Nighthawks and bats come out at dusk to fatten up on cemetery bugs before migration and hibernation. In this special mini episode, we take a page from the Field Guides and record a full episode outside at one of our … Continue reading →

Shiners, Mussels, and Marbled Sallies: Helping Critters that Rely on City Waters Sep 17, 2017

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Tony and Billy join Robin Irizarry (Philadelphia Watershed Coordinator for the Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership) at his Irizarry Hillstead and hear Bryan Windmiller talk about Grassroots Wildlife Conservation‘s work with marbled salamanders and bridle shiners in the Boston area and … Continue reading →

Rattlesnakes and Urbanization (Special Listener-Generated Episode) Aug 09, 2017

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What’s it like to be a rattlesnake in an urbanizing landscape, keeping to your patch, dodging car tires if you leave? In this special episode we air an interview that listener and wildlife biologist Pete Havlik did with Ecologist/Conservation Biologist … Continue reading →

We the Weeds Jul 23, 2017

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Zya Levy and Kaitlin Pomerantz of the We the Weeds project join us for a weed walk in the neighborhood. Then we retire back at the Urban Wildlife Podcast studio with invasive species beverages, including a cocktail featuring utopic/dystopic bitters. … Continue reading →

Wildlife Bling: Red Squirrels, Black Rat Snakes, Lunch with Hawks Jun 25, 2017

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On this impromptu, patched-together, mini episode, we present recordings in the moment: Mike McGraw, Billy, and Magnolia check out a Philadelphia black rat snake; Billy nerds out over urban short-headed garter snakes in Pittsburgh; and a red-tailed hawk picks up some squirrel … Continue reading →

Cute, Furry, and in Your Roof: Part 2 Jun 12, 2017

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Urban wildlife is great to look at, but what about when it makes your home its home? Guest host Christian Hunold (dig his photos) joins us as we look at cute omnivorous mesofauna in this episode: opossums, possums, skunks, palm … Continue reading →

Cute, Furry, and in Your Roof: Part 1 Jun 07, 2017

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Skyscraper Bats and Ritzy Coyotes May 03, 2017

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In this mini episode Dr. Seth Magle of the Urban Wildlife Institute of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo talks with Billy about the Institute and how they’re remotely monitoring urban wildlife in Chicago and beyond. (you might remember Dr. Magle from … Continue reading →

Flyover Critters (and a bald eagle death match) Apr 14, 2017

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Irish hares dig Belfast’s airport and rare El Segundo blue butterflies persist on dunes protected by the the airplane noise of LAX. Dr. Neil Reid of Queen’s University Belfast talks to us about the hares, and we hear from Dr. Travis Longcore … Continue reading →

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