{"podcast":{"title":"Blue Ridge Birds and Nature at Hilton Pond North","slug":"blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095","podcast_index_feed_id":7713095,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f1cfa38/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hilton-pond-north-podcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45385246/45385246-1771955759177-4d0963a52dcd7.jpg","author":"Hilton Pond North Podcasts","episode_count":41,"summary":"Like birds? Like all of nature? Love the Blue Ridge Mountains? You'll get all this and more in our \"This Week at Hilton Pond North\" podcasts from https://www.hiltonpondnorth.org","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:19:20.429605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095"},"episode":{"title":"#33—Bees, Butterflies, Beetles: The “Bugs” Of Winter (Frogs, Too)","slug":"33-bees-butterflies-beetles-the-bugs-of-winter-frogs-too","published_at":"2026-03-16T19:26:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095/33-bees-butterflies-beetles-the-bugs-of-winter-frogs-too","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hilton-pond-north-podcast/episodes/33Bees--Butterflies--Beetles-The-Bugs-Of-Winter-Frogs--Too-e3ghmkg","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f1cfa38/podcast/play/117020752/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-16%2Fe59650d4-0dc1-8ed0-7864-60e78482da3f.mp3","summary":"Despite the calendar, “This Week at Hilton Pond North” we found insects out on warm days in early March, from bees to beetles to butterflies. The pond finally thawed enough for Wood Frogs to lay eggs that fast-hatched into millions of tadpoles. American Goldfinches continued to mob our feeders, and we banded a locally scarce Field Sparrow and discuss some Downy Woodpecker secrets. Hear all about it in our latest “Deep Dive” podcast. After listening to this podcast you can view the complete photo essay at https://www.hiltonpondnorth.org/twahpn-20260301.html Happy Nature Watching—And Listening!","meta_description":"Despite the calendar, “This Week at Hilton Pond North” we found insects out on warm days in early March, from bees to beetles to butterflies. The pond fin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095/episodes/33-bees-butterflies-beetles-the-bugs-of-winter-frogs-too/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-ridge-birds-and-nature-at-hilton-pond-north-7713095/33-bees-butterflies-beetles-the-bugs-of-winter-frogs-too.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}