The Nature of Phenology 9/1/18

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Northern Flickers

Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com

Flickers are the nonconformists of the woodpecker world. While they share some characteristics with our other local woodpeckers, such as long bills and tongues with barbed tips for accessing hard-to-reach prey, a preference for nesting in cavities, and the classic woodpecker flying habit of making a few heavy wing flaps, gliding and falling a bit, then flapping heavily again, flickers do their thing a little differently.

WERU Special: Cecile Richards 8/31/18

Producer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by: Matt Murphy

Cecile Richards is the former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation and author of the New York Times bestseller “Make Trouble”. She spoke in Blue Hill, Maine on August 21st, 2018 at the unveiling of her portrait, the latest in Robert Shetterly’s “Americans Who Tell the Truth” series.

FMI: americanswhotellthetruth.org