Have you ever wondered about things outside your window--the things that go bump in the night? Or, actually, things that flutter, flap, tread softly, swim, or bloom in the night? Because there’s a whole nocturnal world out there that most of us are missing, and it’s actually not as hard or as scary as we might think to go out and see it for ourselves. 

In this episode, switch on your headlamp, and come with me and Charles Hood to the Cosumnes River Preserve, where we discuss vampire bats, nocturnal ocean migrations, night-blooming native plants, potoos, moths with 13-inch tongues, and how to venture safely into the night so you can see all of this and more for yourself. 

And, if you celebrate, Happy Halloween!

Helpful Links:
Nocturnalia (Charles's new book!)
Cosumnes River Preserve
Sandhill Cranes
California Turkeys
My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com
You can find me on Instagram or TikTok @goldenstatenaturalist
The song is called "i dunno" by grapes, and you can find the Creative Commons License here.