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Nature Almanacs from KGNU Radio, 88.5 FM, 1390 AM

January Nature Almanac Shows:

2024 Missing jack rabbits
2023 Hike with Bold County Audubon teen naturalists
2022 Solstice hike, poems, and songs
2021 Snow geese
2020 Scott Severs and others welcome solstice
2019 Listen to Steve Jones and others welcome solstice
2018 A rare brown thrasher in Boulder in January
2017 Snow geese and other geese at Dodd Reservoir
2016 Missing Jackrabbits
2015 January Winter Solstice Sunrise Hike
2014 Golden Crowned Sparrows
2013 Cardinals
2012 Wintering birds
2011 Rare CBC find
2010 Christmas Bird Count
2009 Signs of Spring
2008 Waterfowl Sauna
2007 Boulder Snow
2005 Cackling Geese
2004 Christmas Bird Count
2003 December Solstice Hike
2002 Post-9/11 Solstice Hike
2001 Winter Wind Storms

February Nature Almanac Shows:

2024 Teen Naturalists at Prospect Park
2023 Bohemian waxwing sightings
2022 The Walter Orr Roberts weather trail at NCAR
2021 Mergansers at Sawhill Lake
2020 Mergansers in Wheatridge.
2019 For the first time, a pink-footed goose is in Colorado
2018 Looking for crossbills and ponderosa pine cones at Betasso Preserve
2017 Ferruginous hawk hunt
2016 Winter constellations
2015 Wildlife at Prospect Park, Wheatridge
2014 Intersection Ravens
2013 Redpolls
2012 Snowy Owls
2011 Valmont birding
2010 Wood Ducks
2009 Bald Eagles
2008 Red Foxes
2007 Rabbits in the Snow
2006 Pygmy Owls
2005 Valmont Res. Ducks
2004 Trumpeter Swans
2002 Bear Canyon

March Nature Almanac Shows:

2024 Nesting bald eagles
2023 Walking along Heatherwood Trail and Boulder Creek
2022 Nesting great horned owls
2021 Nesting bald eagles
2020 Observing eagles eating “frozen dinners” at Union Reservoir.
2019 Listen as Scott Severs and Ruth Carol Cushman watch a mink capture a northern shoveler.
2018 Eagle nest near Stearns Lake, with nearby development
2017 Calling small owls — a repeat to the 2011 story
2016 Aberts squirrels
2015 Wild elk herd near Coal Creek Canyon
2014 Wood Ducks
2013 Harriers
2012 Signs of Spring
2011 Calling small owls
2010 St. Vrain Greenway
2009 Bald Eagle Nests
2008 Golden Eagle Nests
2007 Valmont Duck Sauna
2006 Dinosaur Ridge
2005 Sandstone Ranch
2004 March Flowers & Birds
2003 Butterflies & Flowers
2002 Mesa Tr. Golden Eagles
2001 Dinosaur Ridge

April Nature Almanac Shows:

2024 Spring birds in Skunk Canyon
2023 Easter Daisies at Six-Mile Fold
2022 Heron rookeries
2021 Searching for red-necked grebes on Erie Reservor
2020 Share observations of “”small things” during the Covid-19 pandemic
2019 Find out more about red-winged blackbirds at Coot Lake
2018 Join Boulder Audubon welcoming spring at Sawhill Ponds
2017 Sawhill Ponds migratory returns
2016Phenology along the McClintock Trail
2015 April Heronry
2014 Sandhill Cranes at Midnight
2013 G-T Grackles
2012 American Dippers
2011 Boulder County butterflies
2010 Pasque Flowers
2009 Olde Stage Recovery
2008 Plants at 6-mile fold
2007 Nesting Falcons
2006 Teller Farms
2005 April Fool’s Day
2004 Bear Peak Raptors
2003 Boulder Creek Prairie
2002 Sawhill Ponds

May Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Tiny teal ducks
2022 Chorus frogs at Sawhill Ponds
2021 Beavers and beaver deceivers in Longmont
2020 Osprey nest at Sawhill Ponds
2019 Operatic song sparrows
2018 The vanishing house sparrow
2017 Birds found in the mud flats along Boulder Reservoir
2016Early birds in a snowy Skunk Canyon
2015Ospreys and Canada geese
2014Painted Turtles and Snappers Too!
2013 Twin Lakes birds
2012 Early Spring
2011 White Pelicans
2010 Walden Ponds Rails
2009 White Pelicans
2008 Cottonwoods – migrants
2007 Early cactus
2006 Migrant songs
2005 Painted Ladies
2004 Skunk Canyon
2003 Gregory Canyon
2002 Boulder Creek
2001 Walden Pond

June Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 American white pelicans
2022 Greening and bird nesting after the March NCAR burn
2021 Hiking Skunk Canyon to see spring birds such as the chat and catbird
2020 Winnowing snipes at East Boulder Community Center Park
2019 Western tanagers at Waneka Lake
2018 Discussion of vanishing insect populations and a walk along the White Rocks
2017 Tiger beetles and other beetles at White Rocks
2016 Bullocks Oriole at Sawhill Ponds
2015 Spring migrants and shrub nesters
2014 About Nesting Birds
2013 Arnica
2012 Boulder County Mink
2011 Barn Owls
2010 Nesting Birds
2009 Chats & Cold Creek
2008 Heronries
2007 Bluebirds
2006 Boulder Hiking
2005 Swainson’s Hawks
2004 Shanahan Ridge
2003 Baby Prairie Dogs
2002 Baird Park & Flagstaff

July Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Dragonflies and baby red-winged blackbirds
2022 Snipes and fireflies
2021 Ebony Jewelwing damselflies
2020 Red-winged blackbirds during mating season
2019 Cliff swallows along the Saint Vrain at Sandstone Ranch
2018 Bank swallows along the Saint Vrain
2017 Tiger beetles
2016 Black Phoebes nesting
2015 Warblers
2014 Fireflies
2013 Bobolinks
2012 Orchids
2011 Marsh Wrens
2010 Wet spring effects
2009 Locoweed
2008 Putnam Cicadas
2007 Hermit Thrush
2006 Drought & Dickcissels
2005 Indian Paintbrush
2004 Alpine Butterflies
2003 Baseline Reservoir
2002 Gregory Canyon

August Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Butterflies in Long Canyon
2022 Hummingbirds migrating through Lyons
2021 Nesting birds at Bear Creek Trail
2020 Hummingbirds
2019 Jim Hamm Park
2018 Nighthawks
2017 Chickarees or pine squirrels and their middens at Realization Point
2016 Dragonflies and damselflies at Walden Ponds
2015 Nests and young birds
2014 Bumblebees
2013 Dragonflies, even on a foggy day!
2012 Burrowing Owls
2011 Long Canyon Butterflies
2010 Boulder County orchids
2009 Pine Beetles
2008 Boulder Cnty Moose
2007 Pikas
2006 Wild Fruits
2005 Nesting Barn Owls
2004 Milkweed & Fritillaries

September Nature Almanac Shows:

2022 Chokecherries
2021 Fall migrants
2020 Echolocation in bats
2019 Red nuthatches
2018 Crickets in the fall: songs, description, mating
2017 Searching for fall migrants along Dowdy Draw
2015 Tall Grass and Soldier Beetle Sex
2014 Lush Grasses and Lots of Bugs
2013 Milkweed Bugs
2012 Tallgrass Prairie
2011 Bus Birding
2010 Turkey Vultures
2009 Colors in tundra
2008 Beavers
2007 Prairie insects
2006 Aspen & animals
2005 Eveningstar
2004 Collecting Mushrooms
2003 Pikas & Marmots
2002 Bugling Elk

October Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Rattlesnakes in fall
2022 Looking for bears in fall
2021 Funnel web spiders
2020 Migrating raptors viewed from Green Mountain
2019 Ailing aspen syndrome
2018 Fall at Jim Hamm Park
2017 An eruption of painted lady butterflies
2016 Fall color in the tallgrass prairie
2015 Rattlesnakes
2014 An aspen grove in October
2013 Flooding and nature
2012 Fall bird flocks
2011 Spiders
2009 Pikas & Marmots
2008 Flickers
2007 Fall migrants
2006 Caribou Ranch
2005 Mapleton Hill Trees
2004 Centennial Tallgrass
2003 Sandhill Cranes
2002 Coot Lake Marsh

November Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Steve Jones’ book, Nourishing Waters, Comforting Sky: Thirty-Five Years at a Sandhills Oasis
2022 Mixed flocks of birds
2021 Wild turkeys at Sandstone Ranch
2020 Winter Townsend’s solitaire
2019 Under the stars with the teen naturalists
2018 Irruptive seedeaters
2017 Big white birds
2016 Rare black squirrels
2015 November wildflowers
2014 November wildflowers
2013 10,000 Grackles
2012 Western Grebes
2011 Boulder Bears
2010 Sawhill Ponds
2009 Migrating ducks
2008 Turkeys on flagstaff
2007 Dawn Chorus CD
2006 Raptor surveys
2005 Ponderosas & Squirrels
2004 Invasive Grasses
2002 Coot Lake Prairie Dogs

December Nature Almanac Shows:

2023 Teen naturalists surveying for local raptors
2022 Misplaced migrating warblers in Boulder
2021 Kingfishers along the East Boulder Trail
2020 Mute Swans on Swede Lake
2019 Searching for over-wintering creatures
2018 Yes, vermillion flycatchers can be found in Boulder County
2017 Cedar waxwings in Boulder
2016 Cooper’s Hawks
2015 Bountiful Winter Ducks
2014 December Flood Streambed
2013 How birds deal with cold
2012 Tundra Swans
2011 Wintering raptors
2010 Red Rocks birds
2009 CBC
2008 Elk
2007 Wave clouds
2006 Wintering birds
2005 Mesa Trail Waxwings
2002 Flagstaff Mistletoe

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