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First Aired - 05/03/2010 12:00PM
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This week, Bernie Wides is joined by Carol A. Butler, author of Do Hummingbirds Hum? They discuss the pollination techniques of the hummingbird and share some interesting facts about the tiny bird.
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The Naturalist Introduction (16:10)
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Bernie Wides, Carol Butler, Heritage Radio Network, The Naturalist, Barterhouse, wine, hummingbirds, bees, pollination, butterflies have no sucking pump, what about the other pollinators, proboscis, The Great Pollinator Project, pollinators are essential to agriculture, bees are the most important pollinators in the northeast, 90% of plants need outside help with pollination, bumblebee, green metallic bees, honeybees, carpenter bees, colony collapse, www.greatpollinatorproject.org,All About Hummingbirds (12:20)
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hummingbird migration, ruby throated green hummingbird, Do Hummingbirds Hum?, Carol A. Butler, George West, great family book, beaks, giant hummingbird, found in the Andies mountains in South America, only weighs less than an ounce, the bill is more than an inch long, birds always look heavier than they are, can hummingbirds walk?, PBS show, Ecuador, they like high altitude, nectaring, do they hum?, their wings vibrate, hummingbirds flap their wings 200 beats per second during courtship dives, fastest wing beating of all birds, normal wing beat is 40 to 50 beats a second, migration from Mexico, Ramsey Canyon,Catching & Banding Humminbirds (19:06)
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you can see hummingbirds flying through your backyard in the Spring, they drink sugarwater solution, birdfeeders, hummingbirds were banded, they come to the same feeder every year, hummingbird feeder, they are caught and examined, observations are recorded, they are weighed on a tiny scale, a code is put on the band, butterfly tagging, The Butterfly Barn, Ed Wesley, Birds of Prey, raptors, eagles, faclons, owls,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/01/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy and Ray sat down with Dave Brodrick, Brian Ewing, Danielle Cafaro, Benjamin Stutz & Spencer Niebhur.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Dave Does Montreal (16:26)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Ray Deter, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy's No 43, d.b.a., Great Brewers, The Good Beer Seal, www.thegoodbeerseal.com, Brian Ewing, 12 Percent Imports, Dave Brodrick, Blind Tiger, Montreal, Dave just got back from Montreal, mecca for food and drink, incredible restaurants, European vibe, Absinthe beer pairing, Peche Mortel, coffee, 5% beers, session beers, brew pubs drive the craft brew scene in Montreal, poutine, fois gras, most breweries there are doing a red black and white, Brian became obsessed with tracking down small undiscovered breweries, Hopfenstark Brewery, Hopfenstark Postcolonial IPA, malty backbone, caramel presence, 6.5%, Saison Station series, draft only, Canada is very difficult to import from, DuPont Saison, classic Belgian, 8%, Unibroue,Stories of Running Bars and Brewing from Home (15:14)
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Great Brewers, take beer tests, Dave is a legend in the beer world, he was driving a cab and hated doing it, Dave managed the River Run, it was a forerunner in the craft beer movement, can be a boring job unless you're doing something interesting with it, you need an element that is always changing, don't buy any beer that you couldn't drink all of if you had to close tomorrow, Danielle Cafaro, Benjamin Stutz, Brooklyn Homebrew, www.brooklyn-homebrew.com, they originally wanted to open up a bar, decided to do home brew instead, started extraordinarily small, investors from friends, they sell everything you need to home brew, home distillers, the home brew movement has grown, new products make home brewing way easier, sanitation is the most important part, every great brewer started as a home brewer, Dave has home brewed, mead, honey wine, Roberta's, steak for two, it's like Las Vegas but better!, let local farmers grow hops!,On-Air Tastings, Philadelphia Beer Culture & A Listener Question (16:59)
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The Good Beer Seal, party @ d.b.a., Tchoup Shop, Brian brought a special IPA, Valaire Extra, Contreras Valeir Divers, www.12percentimports.com, some of the best beer bars in New York carry Brian's beers, Blind Tiger, Wednesday night beer lineup, Beer Table, Philly sells more Belgian beer than New York, Tom Peters, Monk's Cafe & Belgian Beer Emporium, Philly Beer Week, July is Good Beer Month in New York City, Earth Bread, Tom Baker, Hennepin, tells you to pour slowly but vigorously, Spencer Niebhur, Southampton, one of Ray's favorite local brewery, Phil Markowski, Brewery Ommegang, keg conditioning, beers designed for the American market, Southampton Abbot 12, beer keeps better in a bottle, Southampton Publick House, Southampton Trappist IPA, Belgians are following American trends, Southampton beer tonight at d.b.a., tonight at Rattle n Hum Troegs Night, Bar Great Harry has an IPA night tonight, Jimmy's No 43. $10 Beer Tasting, Dan Shelton will be at Jimmy's on Thursday,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
