The Prairie Naturalist
by Gabriel Foley
The Prairie Naturalist is a live weekly radio show on 91.3 FM, CJTR, Regina Community Radio at 6 pm MDT. Host Gabriel Foley covers science, conservation, and nature related topics with a prairie emphasis. Photo credit: profile picture, James Villeneuve; header photo, Jordan Rutter.
Episodes
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1027 -- August 1, 2019
Fantasy sports provide real-world data to users so those users can participate in events that are otherwise impossible, whether because of time, money, abilities, or other reasons. In Fantasy Birding, a user selects a location with a 10 km radius for a given day. Data is scraped from the citizen...
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1026 -- July 25, 2019
This week, Shane Vallee, a graduate of the University of Regina’s Environmental Biology program, joined me. Shane is keen on the outdoors and rarely passes up an opportunity to experience more of nature. One of the ways he connects to nature is through ‘shed hunting’, or the search for fallen…
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1025 -- July 18, 2019
On the last episode, I talked with Justin Peter from Quest Nature Tours about his involvement with Point Pelee National Park’s Festival of Birds, and his perspective on birding festivals. This week, I’ll be south of the border, focusing on The Biggest Week in American Birding. The Biggest Week,...
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1024 -- July 11, 2019
Point Pelee National Park, located in southwestern Ontario, is known to birders across Canada as a hotspot for birding. Each spring, the park hosts the Festival of Birds. Justin Peter is the Director of Programs and senior naturalist for Quest Nature Tours and a long-time supporter of the…
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1023 -- June 13, 2019
The weather is warm, insects are out, birds are breeding, and people are counting them. A few weeks ago on the program, we discussed methods that help provide better population estimates for hard-to-detect birds, such as owls or nightjars. This week, we will discuss nightjar surveys, how they…
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The Prairie Naturalist Episode 1017 -- May 2, 2019
In mid-April, I joined a multi-agency team led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada to do a prescribed burn on NCC’s Old Man on His Back ranch. The 13,000 acre property, located in southwestern Saskatchewan, is grazed by cattle and bison and is almost entirely native prairie. Over the five days we...
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The Prairie Naturalist is a live weekly radio show on 91.3 FM, CJTR, Regina Community Radio at 6 pm MDT. Host Gabriel Foley covers science, conservation, and nature related topics with a prairie emphasis. Photo credit: profile picture, James Villeneuve; header photo, Jordan Rutter.
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