Welcome back to a special episode of Supernatural Park!

After about a year hiatus, Park Ranger Amy is back to take you birding on the park's 2 year anniversary. Grab your favorite pair of sunglasses and follow her to the Nile Delta for the bi-annual migration!

We will get to experience the sandhill crane migration in Nebraska, look for Bennu, a phoenix, and discuss how endings can lead to beautiful beginnings. Please stick to the trail and don't feed the wildlife!

Today's admission is paid for by Karen Pierce Gonzalez with her story, Beaver Tale, narrated by David Gonzalez. You can find more of her works at linktree/KPGFolkheart.

Thank you to John Kingsley for providing the theme song. You can find his work at theberevet.com

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Welcome to a new program at Supernatural Park! Today we welcome Matías Valero from the podcast Twin Portals, to tell us about the art of story telling and his experience as a game master for the Duluth-based DND podcast.

We'll get to know Matías, swear him in as a Supernatural Park Ranger, and learn a little bit about D&D and storytelling. So sit back, relax, and DON'T feed the wildlife!

Please excuse the in and out sound of our voices. I’m learning how to interview while having my face always positioned in the mic when I speak!

Welcome back to Supernatural Park! We're exploring the Northeast Greenland National Park today and we're doing it by dog sled! Traditionally, dogsledding has been the best way to get around this land of ice, especially since there are no roads for miles, and no big cities for that matter either!

We're going whale watching today, or rather Akhlut watching. A shapeshifting wolf that turns into a whale, you'll want to watch out for pawprints that lead to or from the shore and then disappear. We'll also be exploring what it means to be a part of a community and how orca whales interact with theirs.

Watch out for the Qiivitoq and remember; do NOT feed the wildlife!

If you're interested in learning more about the southern resident killer whale and ways you can help protect this critically endangered species, please visit www.NOAAfisheries.gov and NWF.Org and search for the keyword orcas. You can also visit Take Action | Wild Orca to see what actions you can take to save killer whales.

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