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First Aired - 06/07/2010 12:00PM
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Bernie & Carol talk about insect and animal behavior, especially all the unique and peculiar ways insects have found to breathe. Tune in to get an update on a disease affecting North American bats.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Birds in Central Park (13:20)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Fairway Market, Heritage Radio Network, birding in Central Park, birds, Green Chimneys, warbler, American Museum Of Natural History, rainforest, hummingbirds, bird trapping, red belly woodpecker, blue jay, Canada Goose, robins, starlings, grey catbird, common yellow throat, Orchard Oriole, ruby throat hummingbird, bird migration, Blue Grosbeak, Central Park is a stopping point for birds, Hudson Valley, raptors, hawks, eagles, falcons, birds of prey, Sahara Desert, bird watching, Fire Island, Kittatinny Mountains,Sizes of Insects & Breathing Techniques (15:23)
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this episode of The Naturalist is a magazine, horseshoe crab, insects are mostly small, relationship of oxygen processing systems and size, most insects develop a smaller body size when they are in an environment where the oxygen is limited, respiratory system is separate from the circulatory system, when bees fly long distances they need more oxygen, the pumping of the muscles that pump wings bring more oxygen into their system, insects use air sacs to conserve water, some insects have gills, dragonflies have internal gills associated with the rectum, multiple anal functions, insects are animals,Events at the American Museum of Natural History & A Bat Update (16:28)
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www.amnh.org/programs, butterfly conservatory, starting tonight at the museum is a field trip to the moon, Hayden Planetarium, The Race to the End of the World, Antarctica, polar cocktails, whiskey from Shackleton was recently discovered, One Step Beyond, monthly party series, Snakes & Lizards, Culinary Institute of America, The Great Blue Whale, the biggest animal that ever lived on earth, Night at the Museum, events for kids and families, bat update, Bat Conservation International, as of May more than 1 million bats have been killed by white nose syndrome, white nose syndrome has spread, bats are pollinators and insect eaters,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/04/2010 03:30PM
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Carmen & Alice discuss the difference between annuals and perennials.
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Perennials vs. Annuals (12:44)
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impatience, why does my garden bloom so late?, the virtues of annuals, new varieties for 2010, what is an annual?, an annual completes its lifecycle in one year, most crops are annuals, an apple tree takes 3-4 years to reach fruiting stage, they are always developing faster producing annuals, seed companies come up with new things every year like all companies, trends and fashions exist in plants, plant trials, stripey edge flower trend, bad plant names, who comes up with these plant names?!, Pretty Much Picasso, Superbina Pink Parfait, Wreckless Blush, Super Olympia, Sweet Sixteen, Double Take, Cappucino, Cherry Brandy, Dahlias and Zinnias, Lemon Cream and Apricot Twist, Jade Princess,Perennials & The Baptisia Australis (12:59)
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a perennial plant is an exercise in patience, there is an inherent commitment, they come back year after year in the garden, does not keep a woody skeleton, dies back to the ground and reemerges in the spring, perennial gardens, dates back to the 1890s, The Q Garden, Royal Botanical Garden in England, shift from bedding plants to perennials, now possible due to new specimens from plant hunters, a way of showing off what England had procured and collected, long term design element, originally set to a backdrop of a hedge, history of perennials, island beds, plant trials, Perennial Plant Associations, PPA, conference this year in Portland in July, best plants are judged based on suitability low maintenance pest and disease resistance availability and ornamental interest, Baptisia Australis, false indigo, adaptable in zones 3 to 9, perennial gardens are a lot of work!, a garden is a process, it changes like people do, tender perennial, half hearty annual, climate dependent, micro climates,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/10/2010 05:00PM
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What's happening to our farmland in NY? New York Director of The American Farmland Trust David Haight tells us on today's Heritage Report.
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The Heritage Report Introduction (10:04)
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Jack Inslee, Heather Hyman, Heritage Foods USA, Patrick Martins, David Haight, American Farmland Trust, The Heritage Report, Saratoga Springs, national membership organization, started 30 years ago, Peggy Rockefella, from the kitchen table to the congress, farmers, land owners, protecting land, local government, good guy lobbyists, Albany, Washington DC, what is considered to be farmland, urban garden, farm field, orchard land, pasture, livestock, land resources, food supply, a million acres of farmland are developed each year in America, there is a farm developed every three days in New York, three of the most threatened farm regions in the country are here in New York state, Long Island east end, rich soil, productive farms, how many people can we feed?, our seven million acres of farmland can feed 6 million people, it's a difficult farm economy right now, farm economics, you can make more money selling your land than growing crops, rooftop garden, urban gardening, Cornell University, community garden, where will we grow our food in the future, homegrown food supply, Roberta's,Governor Paterson's Proposed Budget Cuts (9:51)
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New York Director, American Farmland Trust, who's taking the farmland?, residential development, he has proposed 130 billion dollar state budget, budget cuts, Farmland Protection Program has had its funding cut in half, farmers markets, Farmers Market Grants have had funding completely eliminated, water, more than half of New Yorkers get their drinking water from an unfiltered water source, upstate New York, investing in food processing infrastructure, from the field to your fork, slaughterhouses, trucking, sales, www.farmland.org/newyork, Union Square, small grants have a broad impact, agriculture development, job loss, health care, Governor Paterson,A Letter To Governer Paterson and A Rally At The Capital on March 15th", (9:16)
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wetlands preserve, you need to invest in our farms!, New Yorkers need access to nutritious food, rally on March 15th at the state capital in Albany, Just Food, buy local, go to www.farmland.org/newyork for more information, transportation, school lunch quality, soup kitchens, institutional food purchasing, public dollars, write your local government, elected officials, Albany, Washington, watershed, letter to Governor Paterson,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
