North Woods Naturalist
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Chel Anderson
Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives in the Hovland area and keeps close tabs on daily changes happening in the great outdoors. She shares her insights with WTIP listeners every Tuesday during the AM and PM Community Calendar programs. Subscribe to our North Woods Naturalist podcast.
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Evening grosbeaks -- are numbers declining or is it a cycle?
-For years evening grosbeaks have been common at local birdfeeders. Not so much recently. Is the decline just a cycle or a major change for these colorful birds?
Fall to winter -- the changing of the seasons
-Fall moves toward winter – sometimes in slow motion, sometimes quickly. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local naturalist Chel Anderson about snow buntings, shrike
Leaf litter -- an important part of forest ecology
-If trees didn’t lose their leaves in the fall, a whole lot of good things on the forest floor just wouldn’t happen. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local na
Small fall insects are flying around the North Shore
-Tiny bluish insects with skirts and millions of very small moths. It’s autumn on the North Shore. WTIP's Jay Andersen spoke to local naturalist Chel Anderson about these little bugs.
Tiny shrews are beginning their migration in search of food
-They’re small – even tiny – but bundles of energy and this time of year you can see them scurrying about in search of food.
North Woods Naturalist: True hibernators of the North Shore
-Bears hibernate, but many don’t consider them true hibernators. We do have three mammals locally who truly hibernate.
North Woods Naturalist: Tracking the spaceship fruit
-To use an intriguing metaphor – seasonal fruit as spaceship.
Berry time means time for cedar waxwings
-When it’s berry time on the trees and shrubs, it’s also time for waxwings.
Indian pipe -- the white plant in the woods
-One of the few totally white plants in our woods is the so-called Indian Pipe.
Late summer -- fireweed and friends
-In the late summer many woodland and roadside plants are in bloom. WTIPs Jay Andersen spoke to local naturalist Chel Anderson about fireweed, asters, goldenrod and more.
