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Nature Now Podcast
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Presenting eclectic PNW-focused news, insights, and observations about the natural world around us. Produced at KPTZ community radio in Port Townsend, WA.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nature-now/id1696468189
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New on the podcast - climbing mountains! Jackie Canterbury speaks with Dave Rugh about his experiences mountain climbing in Washington State.

📷: Above a crevasse on Mt. Rainier, from Dave Rugh

#PNW #mountaineering #hiking
A man wearing winter climbing gear and a large backpack is walking in snow over a crevasse on the side of a mountain.
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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New on the podcast - nurse logs! Nan Evans welcomes Carrie Clendaniel to talk about nurse logs in our forests and what the Jefferson Land Trust is doing to increase these incredibly significant ecological systems.

#PNW #ForestFloor
A constructed nurse log made of a stack of cut logs lying in a forest with moss and mushrooms growing on the logs.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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New on the podcast - humpback acoustics! Debaran Kelso speaks with Dr. Fred Sharpe whose recent research focuses on aerial whale signals like blows, wheezes, and thrums.

📷: Fred Sharpe

#MarineMammals #MarineLife
Two humpback whales in the ocean. One is diving, showing the mostly white underside of its tail fluke. The other one is blowing a spout at the surface. Mountains are seen in the distance.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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New on the podcast - birds in winter! Nan Evans talks with Christie Lassen about the behavioral and physiological strategies used by our regional birds during winter.

📷: Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc.

#PNW #birds
Two fluffed goldfinches sit on a tree branch that has snow on it. Snow is falling on them.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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New on the podcast - harbor porpoises! Nan Evans talks with Dr. Cindy Elliser of Pacific Mammal Research about harbor porpoises, the smallest cetacean found in the Salish Sea.

📷: Cindy Elliser

#PNW #MarineLife #MarineMammals
A harbor porpoise swimming, at the surface as water splashes around it. A harbor porpoise swimming, at the surface as water splashes around it. Two harbor porpoises swimming, at the surface as water splashes around them. One is a calf.
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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New on the podcast - science for kids! Debaran Kelso speaks with author Melissa Stewart about her upcoming book From Bam! to Burp! A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOU.

📷: Debaran Kelso

#kidlit
The cover of children's science book titled From BAM! to BURP! A Carbon Atom's Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOU. The From Bam! to Burp! book laying open showing two partial pages with text and colorful illustrations.
October 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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New on the podcast - bees! Jackie Canterbury speaks with beekeeper Colleen Ebken about her honey bee colonies and the greater world of bees 🐝

📷: Colleen Ebken

#honeybees #beekeeping
A set of honey bee colonies on Marrowstone Island, WA. The colony boxes are lined up in a row and painted pastel colors. The lids are strapped down.
September 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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New on the podcast - mushroom enthusiasm! Nan Evans talks with Port Townsend mushroom fans Helen Kolff and Jessica Latourelle about attitudes, myths, and edibility of mushrooms.

🍄📷: Jessica Latourelle

#mushroomSky #fungifriends #PNW
Several mushrooms with a lavender-colored top, most likely Cortinarius occidentalis. A group of mushrooms with narrow grayish-brown tops, most likely alcohol inky caps. A white mushroom comprised of clumps of shaggy, spine-like structures, known as a lion's mane mushroom. Two mushrooms with a bright yellow top, known as yellow waxy caps.
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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New on the podcast - forests! In a two-part program, Nan Evans talks with Lynda Mapes about the importance of and our relationship with old-growth forests.

📷: Lynda Mapes

#PNW #forest
Looking up the trunk of a very tall old tree with thick chunky bark into the tree canopy.
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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New on the podcast - pigeon guillemots! Jackie Canterbury talks with Karin Ertl about the Salish Sea Guillemot Network and the pigeon guillemots that nest beneath the Hood Canal bridge.

📷: Hillary Smith

#PNW #birds
A black bird is flying with wings extended and its bright red feet lowered. A group of six black birds with white patches on their wings and red feet are standing on rocks with beaks open, showing the bright red inside of their mouths. A black bird with bright red feet is flying with wings extended while carrying a small fish in its beak. Two black birds with white patches on their wings are floating on the water with tips of their beaks touching.
August 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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New on the podcast - more owls! Debaran Kelso continues the conversation with Jamie Acker in his backyard wildlife sanctuary on Bainbridge Island to learn about his work studying owls near his home.

📷: Northern Saw-whet Owl by Dr. Roger Chou

#PNW #birds
A small owl with brown and white feathers and big yellow eyes is sitting on a branch in a tree.
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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New on the podcast - owls! Debaran Kelso visits Jamie Acker in his backyard wildlife sanctuary on Bainbridge Island to speak about his work studying owls near his home.

📷: Jamie banding a barred owl by David Ansley

#PNW #birds
A man is holding an owl with one hand tucked against him while leaning over a table writing notes.
July 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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New on the podcast - marine mammals! Jackie Canterbury speaks with Dave Rugh about the marine mammals that live in the Salish Sea and how they are doing.

📷: Dave Rugh

#PNW #MarineLife #ocean
A man stands on a rock at a beach and is looking into the distance. He has binoculars hanging around his neck.
June 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Want to help study a new method for understanding whale vocalizations?
Help WhaleSETI by participating in the following study to categorize and characterise humpback whale social calls:

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WHALE-SETI WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SCIENCE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT WHALESETI? @SETTINSTITUTE Image of a group of whales in the ocean. WhaleSETI needs help characterizing humpback whale social calls! listen to whales and help science Image of white text on a blue background. Thanks for participating! Image of a humpback whale breaching.
June 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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New on the podcast - native plants! Debaran Kelso meets with Linda Landkammer and Dr. Fred Sharpe in Chimacum, WA, to see and learn all about the Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden at H.J. Carroll Park.

#nature #PNW
Two people are standing close to a large western azalea shrub and are leaning in to admire its beautiful flowers that are white with pink and yellow on the petals.
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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New on the podcast - biodiversity! Nan Evans talks with Thor Hanson to explore the wonders and value of biological diversity.

#nature
A man wearing a winter hat, eyeglasses, and brown fleece vest is smiling and standing amongst trees.
June 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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When you listen to Nature Now and go into a used book store just to browse 🤷‍♀️
A stack of four paperback books on a table: Feathers by Thor Hanson Buzz by Thor Hanson Beyond Words by Carl Safina Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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New on the podcast - beautiful birds! Nan Evans speaks with Kerry Tremain about the beauty of his bird photography.

📷: Kerry Tremain

#birds
A closeup of an American crow, photographed from behind, with woody material sticking out of the sides of its beak. Fine detail of its feathers are visible.
May 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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New on the podcast - seabird conservation! Debaran Kelso welcomes back seabird expert Peter Harrison joined by his wife Shirley Metz to speak about their joint conservation work.

📷: Shirley Metz and Peter Harrison

#birds
A woman and man outdoors standing next to each other, wearing heavy duty winter gear - jacket, scarf, hat, sunglasses. They both have backpacks on, the man has binoculars around his neck.
April 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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New on the podcast - books and joy! Hosts Debaran Kelso, Nan Evans, and Jackie Canterbury get together in the studio to share their favorite recent reads and top "wish list" books to read this year.

#PNW
A display of ten books on a wood surface.
April 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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New on the podcast - whales! Jackie Canterbury speaks with Dave Rugh about his work as a NOAA scientist studying the abundance of whales around Alaska.

#PNW #MarineLife #ocean
Three people are standing on sea ice surrounded by a makeshift windbreak of wooden posts and heavy-duty fabric. They are wearing serious winter parkas, hats, scarves, and gloves. Two people are looking through binoculars. Dave is standing behind a piece of viewing equipment on a tripod with binoculars around his neck. An aerial view of an adult bowhead whale with a small baby whale by its side, swimming in the ocean.
April 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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New on the podcast - feathers continued! Nan Evans speaks again with Christie Lassen to further explore more fascinating features of feathers.

#nature #birds #PNW
Two pileated woodpeckers, one is perched at a hole in the trunk of a tree, the other is flying away from the tree with its wings outstretched. A closeup of two ravens in profile showing their heads, the closer one is in focus and the slightly further one is out of focus.
April 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Particpate in whale research!
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Want to help study a new method for understanding whale vocalizations?

Humpback whales are master communicators, using everything from brief social calls to complex songs.
A mother humpback whale and calf are seen underwater together. The calf is under the mother, turned upward toward her.
April 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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New on the podcast - seabirds! Debaran Kelso welcomes seabird expert Peter Harrison to speak about writing and illustrating his new book, Seabirds: The New Identification Guide.

📷: Meg Amos

#birds
Debaran Kelso and Peter Harrison display Peter's new poster showing a life-size image of a Wandering Albatross in flight with its wingspan of over 11 feet! Debaran is sitting on the floor at the lower left corner of the poster and Peter is at the upper right corner and they are holding a tape measure between them across the poster.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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New on the podcast - feathers! Nan Evans speaks with Christie Lassen to explore feather forms and structures, colors and patterns, and the incredible usefulness and functions of feathers.

#nature #birds #PNW
A rufous hummingbird with its wings outstretched perches on a narrow plant stem next to a purple flower. The hummingbird has an iridescent orange-red throat patch. A bright yellow goldfinch sits on the perch of a birdfeeder that is filled with birdseed.
March 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM