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First Aired - 10/19/2009 11:00AM
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On the latest episode of The Naturalist, Bernie Wides is joined by friend and butterfly expert Carol A. Butler. They talk about the monarch butterfly and its amazing migration.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Butterflies (14:03)
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Carol A. Butler, butterflies, monarch butterflies, butterfly conservatory will be open until May, Carol writes nature books, Hazel Davies, the monarch butterflies are on their way to Mexico, moths, we know most of the butterfly species, 90 percent of moths have not been identified, lepidoptere, Urquhart, tagging butterflies to figure out the flight path and migration roots, Central Mexico, they travel a certain distance and then reproduce to continue the journey, The American Museum Of Natural History, micro, diapauses,The Migration Of The Monarch Butterfly (11:06)
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turkey vultures, thermals are warm air currents, flight simulator, circadian rhythm, butterflies produce heat by flapping their wings, butterflies need warm weather to be active, when it's cold they huddle up for heat by the trees, a monarch from Canada flying to Mexico would be the equivalent of a tall person going around the equator 11 times, the antenna has some function for navigation, butterflies are sensitive to ultraviolet light, most of these butterflies funnel through Texas, they are ectothermic,Milkweed & Toxicity (12:40)
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the milkweed is the most important plant for monarch butterflies, females lay their eggs on milkweed because the babies eat it, the purpose of toxicity is to keep other animals away, birds won't eat the entire butterfly, book format, question and answer, Do Butterflies Bite?, they only drink nectar from flowers, some moths don't eat at all, they live off their body fat, Atlas moths live for about a week, the name butterfly comes from old English, they were butter colored before butter was yellow, a field guide for butterflies would be huge, they are losing their habitats from deforestation, http://www.monarchwatch.org/, milkweed makes them arsenic, they spend all their life giving off pheromones they reproduce and then they die, the monarch butterflies are in trouble,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/28/2013 12:45PM
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Erin Fairbanks is chatting with Ben Flanner about this week's updates at the Brooklyn Grange Rooftop farm. What's going into the ground this week? Well, Ben talks about planting celery and parsley, and explains the new forced-air compost system at the farm! This segment has been sponsored by HeritageRadioNetwork.org.
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Seeding in the Winter (8:50)
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onions, kale, swiss chard, hearty, broccoli leaf, spigarello, raw, sauteed, Rick Bishop, curry, celery, caraway, parsley, seeding, erosion, sunlight, forced air compost system, Ben Flanner, Brooklyn Grange, fertilizer, limes, coffee grounds, oxygen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/10/2012 04:00PM
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Erin & Brian are back! Tune into the first episode of Unfiltered in 2012 as the hosts of HRN's only wine show talk about some great holiday dinners and wine pairings they've had recently. Hear about Brian's upcoming trip to Austria and preview some of the wineries he'll be visiting. Later in the show, the gang taste a few bottles on-air and talk about the corresponding regions and stories behind the bottles. This program was brought to by The Barterhouse.
"Rome was my first love in the wine business because I could afford it."
--Brian DiMaco on Unfiltered
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