The Fish Lake swan family-photo by Robin Song

A letter from Robin Song to the community:

Recently it was brought to my attention that a listener to my story about trumpeter swans on Fish Lake, aired over KTNA, was upset. She was concerned that wording I had used in my story could be interpreted to mean that I was deliberately approaching the swans close enough to stress them into flying. (more…)

Robin takes a bike on a trail to Larson Lake, and finds a northern goshawk along the way.

Audio is seven minutes long.

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Photo and story by Robin Song

Writer and host Robin Song recalls her afternoon on a local lake, and  how she tried to help a common loon in distress.

   Audio runs 8 min. 50 sec.

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White-crowned sparrow-photo by Robin Song

Volunteer  Robin Song writes about mid-summer observations from the blueberry patch.

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Volunteer Robin Song writes about those hot summer days on the ranch in early July.

Audio runs about seven minutes.

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KTNA volunteer and student-of-nature Robin Song updates listeners on the dark-eyed juncos who originally nested among the plant trays in a commercial greenhouse, the swallow families which nested near her cabin, and her most recently witnessed mini-dramas in nature.

(Audio runs 7:35)

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Photos by Robin Song

Volunteer Robin Song updates us on the junco who abandoned her nest among the plant trays in the greenhouse, and tells more stories of parenting birds and fledglings. (Audio runs about seven minutes).

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Volunteer Robin Song tells a few of her stories of personal experiences with what birds are all about this time of year: nesting and raising young.

Audio runs seven minutes.

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Encounter on a bear viewing trip-photo by Robin Song

KTNA volunteer Robin Song describes her experience on a bear viewing trip out of Kodiak Island. Audio is 6 min 30 sec.

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Earth and Beyond volunteer contributor Robin Song tells about the natural history of our most colorful corvid, the black-billed magpie.

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Volunteer contributor Robin Song tells about her day birding at the Hayflats in late April.

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Sandhill cranes at Saunders' Field

Volunteer contributor Robin Song recounts a day in late April, complete with  a couple of our early-returning nesting birds, swans and sandhill cranes.

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