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Apr 27, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 30 – Pigs, Rain, Foraging and Birding

In this weeks Curiosity Squad, host Alex Hall learns what pine trees taste like and how local students are raising pigs. She explores how to participate in providing key data to climatologists and we revisit all the sage advice and information we got earlier this year for the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Contributors

  • Herb Lewis, Creative Birding
  • Casey Lanier, Forager
  • Sinead Lounmala, Director, Madison County Extention
  • Dr Lee Ellenberg, State Climatologist and Bri Minton, Climate Services Coordinator

Links (provided as a courtesy, WLRH is not responsible for external content)

Alabama Office of the State Climatologist

Rain Gauge Rally

Alabama Extension

Eating pine trees

Creative Birding (Herb Lewis’s site)

Alex Hall

Alex Hall

On-Air Host and Program Producer

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