The Amateur Naturalist

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #31 I will discuss the Eastern Garter Snake. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzzsprout is an awesome podcast host site.  Go take a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #30 I will discuss the unique looking, maybe funny looking, but very delicious Morel Mushrooms. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzz...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #29 I will discuss striped skunks and why we see so many of them dead on our highways and roads in February and March in the United States each and every year. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #28 I will discuss "The Great Backyard Bird Count 2023".  It is February 17-20, 2023. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzz...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #27 I will discuss how a United States company is working on genetically using DNA from extinct animals to bring them back.  The first animals they are working on are the Woolly Mammoth, the Dodo bird, and the Tasmanian Wolf (also called the Tasmanian Tiger. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the out...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #26 I will discuss whether we should or should not feed wildlife.  And if we do feed wildlife what are the dangers and the ramifications to both them and to us?  Do Not Feed the Wildlife! Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #25 I will discuss the very interesting and elusive Southern Devil Scorpion. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzzsprout is an awesom...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #24 I will discuss the beautiful red fox. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzzsprout is an awesome podcast host site.  Go take a loo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #23 I will discuss what is Biological Classification, why do we use it, who were some of the main inventors of Biological Classification. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your o...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #22 I will discuss reindeer and caribou. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzzsprout is an awesome podcast host site.  Go take a look...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #21 I will discuss some natural decorations we use for the holiday season such as pine trees, and holly trees. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, star...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #20 I will discuss the holiday Cranberry. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". **** Click here to get $20 off a paid Buzzsprout account to start your own podcast.  It’s fun, start today!!  Buzzsprout is an awesome podcast host site.  Go take a loo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #19 I will discuss the holiday plant, mistletoe. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the mistletoe. Where they live How did hanging mistletoe on a door way and the kissing practice actually get...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #18 I will discuss the Christmas Fern.  Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the Christmas Fern. Where they live Talk about sporophyte and Gametophyte Life cycle of the ferns What they look like...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #17 we discuss the Eastern Wild Turkey.  Also called The Thunder Chicken. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the Wild Turkey and we will mention 5 other sub-species. What they eat Where they l...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #16 we discuss the Eastern Gray Squirrel and the Eastern Fox Squirrel. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of both of these two beautiful little squirrels. What they eat Where they live The sounds...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #15, I will discuss a few ways to develop a backyard habitat to draw in wildlife, birds, mammals, butterflies, bats, and insects.  I will mention that you need, of course, food, water, shelter and a place for the wildlife to raise their young.  I'll also suggest a few times that you need to do this without using pesticides and fertilizers.  I will encourage you to...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #14, we discuss the three species of Vampire Bats found down in South America and in Central America. We will also discuss that they have a anticoagulant in their blood that keeps the blood flowing during the drinking of the blood and just how this anticoagulant is better than any stroke medication to this point.  This is the 6th installment of our 6 part Bat-Tober seri...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #13, we discuss Bats and COVID-19 and that dynamic.  I had read an article in Science Magazine March 2020.  This is not my opinion.  This is just an attempt to weigh in on all of the evidence.  At some point, I hope we see the real empirical evidence that decides if bats played a role or not.  They may have. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the Un...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #12, we discuss three more bat species this time of the Genus Corynorhinus, Rafinesque's big-eared bat, the Virginia big-eared bat, and the Townsend's big-eared bat. This is the 4th installment of our 5 part Bat-Tober series on bats.  All that remains is next week's 5th episode on Vampire Bats during Halloween week. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a bio...

Send us Fan Mail n Episode #11, we discuss three more bat species, the Indiana Bat, The Eastern Pipistrel Bat, and the Eastern Red Bat.  I will briefly discuss Wayne H. Davis, renowned bat expert and bluebird expert at the University of Kentucky. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalis...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #10, we discuss the echolocation, the Little Brown bat, The Big Brown Bat, and the Hoary Bat. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the Little Brown Bat, the Big Brown Bat, and the Hoary Bat What...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #9, we discuss the bats in an overview of knowledge of bats.  We will talk about this being a series of 5 episodes through the month of October 2022 talking about bats and I will call this series, Bat-Tober. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #8 we discuss the beautiful but character of a bird, the Northern Mockingbird. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the Northern Mockingbird. What they eat Where they live That they do NOT norma...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #7 we discuss the beautiful scarlet red Northern Cardinal. Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist". We will talk about: The biological classification of the cardinal. What they eat Where they live That they do NOT normally migrate What they look like...