Outdoors With Rob Zimmer

Outdoors with Rob Zimmer today featured a lot of fall topics! Listen to Friday's edition of "Outdoors with Rob Zimmer" on WHBY!

A record amount of butterflies are in Northeast Wisconsin.Top ten topic: Shrubs for fall beauty.

Rob Zimmer talks about the fall bird and monarch migration. He also shares ways that we can help the bird population. Rob's top 10 list is about the best late season pollinator plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A wild week of weather, and how it has affected wildlife. Wildlife Of The Week:  Trumpeter Swan. Top ten topic:  Sedums for SeptemberLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer talks all about- Orchid, mushroom and warbler sightings at Woodland Dunes Nature Preserve in Two Rivers- Hummingbird and Monarch migration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest:  Virginia, from Feather Wildlife rehab center.Wildlife of the week:  Whooping crane.Top ten topic:  panicle hydrangeas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer talks about his favorite September blooms and shares a few Grandparents Day memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top ten topic:  edible mushrooms.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest:  Luke from Heckrodt Nature Center in Menasha.Top ten topic:  way to enjoy wild mushrooms.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer Outdoors spends the hour talking about the importance of prairies and shares a few area events at local Nature Preserves. We also talk about television shows that inspired a love for nature. Mike and Jim called in with their favorites, Little House of the Prairie, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. We also talk about many myths about Golden Rod, which you'd often find on the prairie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest: Jack, from Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin.Top ten topic:  plants for honey bees.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer spends the afternoon talking about bugs! We discuss some of our favorites, like hummingbird moths, butterflies and fireflies. We hear about an event at Ledge View Nature Center and Rob also answers a listener question about tomatoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus, the biggest meteor showers of the year.  And, lots of local events.Top ten topic:  Ways to enjoy an August evening.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer checks in with CC at the Stone Silo Prairie Gardens ahead of their native plants event on August 10. We also talk about the perseid meteor shower, monarch spottings and share s'mores recipes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest:  C.C. Kiefer from Wild Ones in Green Bay.Top ten topic:  native wildflowers for August.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After discussing local storm damage, the rest of this episode is devoted to owls.Top ten topic:  Facts about great horned owls.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer and Hayley Tenpas talked about what to do at the Outagamie County Fair.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest:  Aurora from Aurora's Apothecary.Top ten topic:  Butterflies that are not Monarchs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Zimmer joins us to talk about the prairies at the Brillion Nature Center. We listen to a few of his favorite summer sounds. We also take calls on your summer memories, including low gas prices, the lakeshore, fun with the sprinkler, fishing and yellow butterflies. Rob's top 10 list covers the best places to see shorebird migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is all about the butterfly.  Special guest:  Ann Shebesta, the Monarch Queen of Mishicot.Top ten topic:  Milkweeds for monarchs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices