Lichen and berries crunch underfoot in a mature spruce forest, home to Woodland Caribou, Little Brown Bats, and a ridiculously cute base-jumping rodent. Carrie and Karen investigate a tree cavity and learn to think twice about looking inside….
Show notes
Key topics
Tree cavity (0:00)
Mature spruce forest (2:11)
Pine versus spruce (2:52)
Spruce not well adapted to fire (3:29)
White Spruce long game (5:58)
Yukon fire cycle (6:08)
600-year-old spruce tree (6:25)
St. Elias lightning shadow (7:01)
Old spruce forest (8:12)
Lowbush Cranberry (9:31)
Crowberry (11:21)
Caribou lichen (12:19)
Caribou biologist Kelsey Russell (13:47)
Woodland caribou habitat (13:58)
Cratering (14:2)
Caribou signs (15:28)
Caribou migration (16:41)
Breeding season (17:34)
Caribou in burns (18:21)
Little Brown Bats (20:30)
Senior wildlife biologist Tom Jung (21:33)
Bat viewing (23:21)
Bat research (23:49)
Tree cavity (24:20)
Master’s student Shyloh Van Delft (26:08)
Tree cavity definition (26:25)
Red-breasted nuthatch nests (27:09)
Voles and shrew cavities (28:10)
Northern Flying Squirrels (28:54)
Red Squirrel cavity (30:35)
Pine Marten (31:01)
Black Spruce (31:45)
Fire management (32:44)
Kris Johnson with Yukon Wildland Fire (33:06)
Interviews and audio clips:
Episode artwork
Photo of Northern Flying Squirrel by Jukka Jantunen.
Music
- Acoustic guitar melody #004 by GuitarStringTheory – freesound.org/s/734160/ – License: Attribution 4.0
- Grooveo.wav by tc630 – freesound.org/s/137284/ – License: Attribution 4.0
- Acoustic guitar melody #006 by GuitarStringTheory – freesound.org/s/734590/ – License: Attribution 4.0
- Acoustic guitar melody #009 by GuitarStringTheory -- https://freesound.org/s/734803/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
- Acoustic guitar melody #012 by GuitarStringTheory – freesound.org/s/735193/ – License: Attribution 4.0
- Thriller Score Horror Scene by memz – freesound.org/s/325142/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Sound effects
- American Robin in Whitehorse, Yukon: SoundsLikeYukon – freesound.org/s/859866/ – License: Creative Commons 0
- Woodland Caribou, Little Brown Bat, Shew, Northern Flying Squirrel: Government of Yukon
- Black-backed Woodpecker: Aidan Place, XC488401. Accessible at xeno-canto.org/488401
- Water lapping at shore on McClintock Bay: SoundsLikeYukon – freesound.org/s/758708/ – License: Creative Commons 0
- Duck: Duck Laughing by RealSquink – freesound.org/s/788306/ – License: Creative Commons 0
- Red-breasted Nuthatch: Logan McLeod, XC431935. Accessible at xeno-canto.org/XC431935
- Flying Squirrel whimsical sound effect: Spoken Samples, Children's Toys by f-r-a-g-i-l-e – freesound.org/s/483156/ – License: Creative Commons, Deep Whoosh #6 by Kinoton –freesound.org/s/558826/ – License: Creative Commons 0, Parachute Opening 2 Options by 2create – https://freesound.org/s/620310/ – License: Creative Commons 0
- Snare drum: Baddum Tish – Comedy Rimshots – classic rim shot.wav by OverlookHotelRecords –freesound.org/s/271208/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Yukon Wildlife/Wildfire is produced by the Government of Yukon’s Wildlife Viewing Program and hosted by Karen McColl and Carrie McClelland. Sound design is by Mark Koepke. The podcast logo was designed by Dan Bushnell and Department of Environment.
The theme song, White Bark Pine, was written and produced in the Yukon by Dana Jennejohn and performed in collaboration with the Bennett Sun.
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Music and sounds credits – intro:
- Thunder/raven: Mark Koepke
- Fire ignition: Lighting a Fire by plasterbrain—freesound.org/s/534702/ – License: Creative Commons 0/
- Black-backed woodpecker: Aiden Place, XC488401. Accessible at xeno-canto.org/488401
- Red Squirrel: Backyard squirrel by SoundsLikeYukon—freesound.org/s/820322/ – License: Creative Commons 0/
- Woodpecker: SMA13024_20230620_051500
- Boreal Chickadee: Logan McLeod, XC610278. Accessible at xeno-canto.org/610278
