Backyard Birds

Fall Migration with Tony

    Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists, the show about anything and everything connected with nature. Tony Lombardino returns to the show this week to offer a wealth of information on birds and their fall migration. Tony has a PhD in neuroscience and he has studied how the brains of birds allow them to sing […]

NC Bradford Pear Bounty

  Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists, the show about anything and everything connected with nature. “The Bradford pear tree is an ornamental commonly planted tree in North Carolina. Sure, it has pretty blossoms, but it’s also structurally weak, stinky, and harmful to our native ecosystems! Bradford pears can breed with other varieties of pear trees […]

Playin’ ‘Possum with Alden Picard

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Products to Make Your Natural Life Easier

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The Many Benefits of Being in Nature

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Getting Rid of Skeeters

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Water Accessories for Your Natural Habitat

    Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists, the show about anything and everything connected with nature. In a previous episode of The Backyard Naturalists, you learned that water is essential for all wildlife as well as a requirement for your Certified Wildlife Habitat. This week, Debbie and Laurie spend a few minutes exploring water accessories […]

The Red Wolf Recovery Project

    Welcome to The Backyard Naturalist, the podcast about anything and everything related to nature. Kat Ramos with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation joins Debbie and Laurie this week to have a fascinating conversation about the Red Wolf Recovery program. It’s highly unlikely many of our listeners have seen a red wolf in the […]

Minimizing Mess Feeding Birds

  Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists, the show about anything and everything connected with nature. How many times have you placed a bird feeder outside your home or business . . . only to take it back down a few weeks later because of the mess? There’s discarded seed all over the ground, unwanted weeds […]

The Learning Habitat

  Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists, the show about anything and everything connected with nature. In this weeks episode Rachel and Chrissy from The Learning Habitat visit Debbie and Laurie to introduce them to their organization that prides themselves as  “a group of caring, experienced, qualified and devoted tutors who love helping students grow intellectually, […]