Catching Them ALL

Holly Jolly Crittermas, world! Spend a little time with us this season as we do our own rendition (and vastly improve) a classic holiday hit! Our version is sure to make your day a little merrier, and a whole lot brighter. Species highlighted in this Episode: Loggerhead Shrike, American Coot, Tropical Kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Northern Harrier, Winter Wren, White-crowned Sparrow, Wilson's Snipe, Hooded Merganser, Ringneck Duck, Brant, Common Grackle, Southern Screamer, Harbor Seal Participate in the Christmas Bird Count!- https://ebird.org/news/ebirding-on-christmas-bird-counts Check out the Catching Them ALL Blog --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

This is one wanderlust-filled episode! Courtney shares the overwhelming amount of biodiversity she experienced in Costa Rica and April prepares for her next big adventure. Species highlighted in this Episode: Scarlet Macaws, Zompopas, and the cutest little birdos imaginable! Critter Links: Re:wild Iberá- https://www.rewild.org/projects/ibera-wildfire-fund A look inside a Zompopa colony- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6oKJ5FGk24 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Courtney takes us on a 10 day wildlife adventure through Panama and Costa Rica, confirming that every critter lover needs to journey to these amazing countries at some point in their lives. Some of the wildlife experiences even mirror April's time in Mexico. Plus the next CTA Host wildlife adventure is announced (suspenseful music plays!). Species Highlighted in this Episode: More than you can shake a stick at... Check out the Catching Them ALL Blog Critter Links & More: Sloth and Moths! - https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sloth-named-velcro-sloth-moths-mutually-beneficial-relationship/11159/ Lucy Cooke TED Talk: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal- https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_cooke_sloths_the_strange_life_of_the_world_s_slowest_mammal?language=en --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

April has a United States towhee "clean sweep", which brings us to our first Pokemon reference on Catching Them All! Birding life lists leads this episode into the world of vampire bats. Species Highlighted in this Episode: Vampire bat species, Big Brown Bat, Virginia Big Eared Bat, Eastern Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Canyon Towhee, California Towhee, Green-tailed Towhee, Abert's Towhee. Check out the Catching Them ALL Blog Critter Links & More The Case For Vampire Bats- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0YB6_7Kync Important Bat Boy Information- https://weeklyworldnews.com/mutants/183465/bat-boy-30th-anniversary/ Paywall Nation! That Nat Geo Article on bat eating bats we mentioned - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/more-mysteries-revealed-about-bat-eating-bat Endangered! Virginia Big Eared Bat + Coloring Page - https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/virginia-big-eared-bat/ Birds of the World! Towhees - https://carolinabirds.org/HTML/Passerellidae_Towhee.htm CHARITABLE DONATION RECOMMENDATION! Indiana State University Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation - https://www.givetoindianastate.org/ISU-Bat-Center --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Happy spooky season! Courtney and April talk "spooky" stories, bust some myths, and share our overall excitement at finding new to us species of spiders. Enjoy! Species Highlighted in this Episode: Spotted orb weaver, Black widow species, Rose-rumped tarantula, tailless whip scorpion Check out the Catching Them ALL Blog Critter Links & More Six surprising facts about spiders Sticky science: Evolution of spiderwebs Photo catalog of tailless whip scorpions on faces Wolf's milk slime Spider taxonomy Adorable spider PAWS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

It's invasion of the James' part 2! Get beguiled with Courtney and her James as they share their recent trip to the Virginia mountains. This episode talks trout, forest ecosystems and how not to get your boots confiscated in New Zealand. Species Highlighted in this Episode: Brook Trout, Caddisflies, Unknown salamander, Mushrooms! Check out the Catching Them ALL Blog Critter Links & More Fish Stocking History- https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/css496/secure/Readings/WFishStockingHistory.pdf Virginia Interactive Trout Map- https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=441ed456c8664166bb735b1db6024e48 An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World- https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1nq8bk Mushrooms and Other Fungi- https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/mushrooms.htm Salamanders from Virginia Herpetological Society- https://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/amphibians/salamanders/salamanders_of_virginia.htm --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

It's an invasion of the James'! For part 1, enjoy an adventure in Mexico from James' point of view and of course April hijacking conversations to talk critter facts. Cool critters this episode include crocodilians, monkeys, and more!  Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/allthecritterspod Catchingthemall.blog https://neprimateconservancy.org/yucatan-black-howler/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ismej201316 http://www.iucncsg.org/pages/Classification-of-Living-Crocodilians.html#:~:text=There%20are%2024%20recognised%20species,species%3B%20Gharial%20and%20Tomistoma). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

We thought this would be a minisode, but man do we like to talk! And talk we do about lots many of the color morphin' things in the animal kingdom. On highlight are finches, flickers, warblers, and corn snakes! This one may leave you with more questions than answers, but wondering is half the fun isn't it? Catching Them All Website & Blog Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/allthecritterspod What Causes Birds to Show Weird Color Variations How Birds Make Colorful Feathers Geographic Variation in Animal Colour Polymorphisms and its Role in Speciation Population Genomics of Mangrove Warblers: Looking for candidate genes in Costa Rica Northern Flicker's Fascinating Color Differences Explained 10 Fun Facts about the House Finch The Corn Snake Genetics Primer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

It's a back to school special! Courtney and April kick off their tales of what they did on their summer vacation starting with Courtney and the glamorous Razorbill and leading into a Choose Your Own Adventure book of April's first 36 hours in Tulum, Mexico. Catching Them All Website & Blog Charitable Suggestion- https://www.3billionbirds.org/ Common Murre (Guillemot) Chick's First Flight- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4kqIXS1ruw The Extinction of the Great Auk- https://johnjames.audubon.org/extinction-great-auk We Chatted Invasive Species Spreading!- Here's how you can help! We Chatted Extinction (sobbing emoji)!- Here's how you can help! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Siblings unite! For this episode we talk MOTHS with our favorite theme song writer (and Courtney's brother), Grayson Cody Harlow. Who knew moths and their host plants were so cool? Well… we did, but now you will too! Slight content warning, we talk adult beverages and Cody drops a minimal, non-bleepworthy cus. Episode Photo: Not Virginia Creeper nor a skeletonizer. Blog: https://catchingthemall.blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allthecritterspod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cta_pod Mothman Legend (this is important): https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia Virginia Creeper USDA Fact Sheet: https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_paqu2.pdf Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (an article and a great charitable organization): https://xerces.org/blog/for-love-of-moths#:~:text=Moths%20play%20a%20vital%20role,settled%20down%20for%20the%20night. Hickory Horned Devil (it's PG y'all, chill): https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN209 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Did you want to learn more about grassland birds? Us too! April chats with October from the Piedmont Environmental Council about grassland birds and what efforts are being taken to protect them. Piedmont Environmental Council- https://www.pecva.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

What started as a mini-sode turn into a real-i-sode! What can we say, these birds like to talk and they have quite the story to tell. This episode is a bird sound discovery paired with habitat loss real talk, so grab some lemonade, a straw hat, and your porch rocker for of our last summer sound episodes. National Science Foundation- Are Lawns Biological Deserts? https://beta.nsf.gov/news/are-our-lawns-biological-deserts Praying Mantis vs. Hummingbird- https://www.audubon.org/news/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird Lawn Maintenance and Climate Change https://psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/5/11/law-maintenance-and-climate-change State of the Birds https://www.stateofthebirds.org/2016/habitats/grasslands/ Piedmont Environmental Council Grassland Bird Initiative https://www.pecva.org/piedmont-grassland-bird-initiative/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Courtney and April are celebrating their 10th episode of "Catching Them All"! Discussing natural history was not a priority for this episode. Instead joy, laughter, and nostalgia abound in this episode's story telling. WARNING! We mention wine and April drops the inappropriate word that might conclude phrases like "dumb" "jack" or "smart".  The Blog! catchingthemall.blog Instagram! @allthecritterspod Twitter! @CTA_pod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Don't worry, this minisode is still rated PG! Sounds of summer continues as we explore the weird and variable sounds that river otters make while also chit chatting about otters in general. The Blog! catchingthemall.blog Charitable Donation Recommendation: The Peoples Trust for Endangered Species Sea Otters Nommed By Sharks Sea Otter Nibbles A Shark Otters Nomming Sharks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

The "mini-est" of mini-sodes yet! Fitting for North America's smallest falcon. Co-hosts, Courtney and April, have so much love for the American Kestrel. We hope you leave this episode with as much appreciation for its conservation as we have. All About Birds: American Kestrel Donation Recommendation and Current AMKE Research: The Clifton Institute PBS Falconry Timeline --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

The sounds of summer minisode mini-series continues! Just like our friends the toads, we are stumbling through podcasting on stubby little legs. Take little hops with us as we talk warts, trills, and our favorite toad encounters. Bonus! We have a write in for the next presidential ballot. Frog and Toad Call Quiz Bufotoxin - An Overview Don't Kiss A Toad Y'all FrogWatchUSA and Field Scope for Data Reporting --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

Sssounds of Sssummer kicks off with a mini-series of mini-sodes! This week Courtney and April feel the vibe-brations of our encounters with the Eastern Copperhead. Games and giggles and an appeal to love snakes as much as we do! Catching Them All Linktree Catching Them All BlogSpotVirginia Herpetological Society North Carolina State University "Snakes" A Venomics Approach to the Identification and Characterization of Bioactive Peptides From Animal Venoms for Colorectal Cancer Therapy: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Study Timber Rattlesnakes Help Keep Lyme Disease in Check --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

April wraps up her wildlife sightings from California (for now) and Courtney introduces "Sounds of Summer". This episode touches on the highs and lows of wildlife management from both ends of the conservation spectrum. Coyote America National Geographic Article Coyote Bounties Don't Work CONDOR BIOS! End of 2021 California Condor Status Downloadable PDF of Status of the California Condor and Efforts to Achieve Its Recovery (2010) Lead exposure through consumption of big game meat in Quebec, Canada: risk assessment and perception (2015) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

It's a boat-i-sode! April squeezes in a whale watching tour out of Monterey Bay during her time in California and Courtney visits and kayaks with her little brother on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. From shorebirds to cetaceans, this episode gives you even more of a reason to bring along a camera to take photos and report sightings of these amazing creatures being identified and tracked by bands or fin and fluke photos. Check out the Checking Them ALL Blog Please consider donating to Sandy Hook Promise and Everytown for Gun Safety Critter Links: Long-Island Bird Banding Operation Tracking the next generation of baby "beach toucans" Youtube! Black Skimmers Feeding by Fish Guy Photos Monterey Bay Whale Watching May Checklists What we do and don't know about blue whales How to weigh a whale without a scale --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catchingthemall/support

It's a travel-i-sode! April pitches multiple tents as she calls in from California to share some West Coast critter finds. All the while Courtney is reminiscing about the magical creatures found while visiting family in Argentina. Find the Native land you are on: https://native-land.ca/ Petition for Federal Recognition by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe: https://www.change.org/p/sjr-13-support-a-40-year-struggle-to-get-the-muwekma-ohlone-tribe-recognized-federally Report a harvesting or poaching violation: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/black-abalone YOUTUBE! Tapir Swimming by Iguazu Falls: https://youtu.be/0AMX-jfg9eM

Welcome back! We are talking black bears and caddisflies. BELIEVE us when we say there are some very cool findings and facts packed into this episode. Or don't... Listen and fact check to your heart and mind's content. We support you. Bear spray article 1: https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2193/2006-452 Bear spray article 2: https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwmg.21958 Netspinner video: https://youtu.be/RL3Kd7bq7d4

Its our first episode! Courtney and April talk about their recent critter sightings and this episode has some springtime in Virginia GEMS! Whether you call them fireflies or lightening bugs or American Woodcocks or timberdoodles, we hope you appreciate these critters and learn a little something during this episode. Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/allthecritterspod Mass Audubon's Firefly Watch: https://www.massaudubon.org/get-involved/community-science/firefly-watch Cute AF Timberdoodle: https://youtu.be/hx-iRZPts6E Charitable donations to: https://vaee.wildapricot.org/

We're April and Courtney and we LOVE critters. All of them, anything we can find while out exploring nature we will gush over! Basically we want to see all the things, and collect memories of wildlife sightings. Each episode we will share our enthusiasm for the critters we “caught” and the stories of finding them. This is our journey of catching them all!