Lifelong friends Susan Brandt & Marney Blair talk with experts about the amazing wild critters that live in the Sierra Nevada mountains and foothills.
Latest Episodes
Steller's Jays
Critter Chat - Episode 12 - The Steller’s JayThe Steller’s Jay, the gregarious azure-feathered bird, is the focus on this episode of Critter Chat. Steller’s Jays are h...
California Mountain Kingsnake
Critter Chat Celebrates the Year of the Snake with the California Mountain KingsnakeStarting the 2025 season having recently won KVMR’s prestigious Award for Excellenc...
Great Gray Owl
Naturalist, Author, Artist John Muir Laws and Biologist Ramiro Aragon Describe the Magnificence of The Great Gray OwlCritter Chat hosts and producers Marney Blair and ...
Grappletail Dragonfly
In Critter Chat episode 8, hosts Marney Blair and Susan Brandt chat with Dr. David Herbst of the Sierra Streams Institute at Little Deer Creek in Pioneer Park in Nevad...
The California State Bat - The Pallid Bat
In 2023 the California legislature voted to make the Pallid bat (antrozous pallidus), the only flying mammal, a symbol of California. Bat biologist Dr. Dave Johnston h...
