The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast
Hosted by Eric Hilliard and Rachel Lincoln and Kelsey Beatty · Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division
4.7from 131 ratings
- 99
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 131
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 6M
- YouTube views
About The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast
The Wildtalk Podcast is a production of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division. On the Wildtalk Podcast, representatives of the Wildlife Division chew the fat and shoot the scat about all things habitat, feathers, and fur. With insights, interviews, and listener questions answered on the air, you'll come away with a better picture of what's happening in the world of Michigan's wildlife. Thank you for listening.Email questions to: dnr-wildlife@michigan.govor call 517-284-9453
- Publisher
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division
- Category
- government · news · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 May 2018
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 99 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Northern lower peninsula habitat work, the belted kingfisher and the mighty mink
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
UP habitat work, barred owls and deer season
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Butterfly migration, ruffed grouse, and the porcupine
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Northern lower peninsula habitat work, the belted kingfisher and the mighty mink
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It looks like they should be one of those little plastic birds that tips forward and drinks out of the... Yeah, because they have this big mohawk and then they have this giant beak on the front of... Their face and then their body is relatively small and they have a small wingspan. So they're super top heavy. Another interesting thing, they have fused inner toes. So like two toes are literally stuck together, not webbing, but... No, not webbing, which you see in a lot of the kind of waterfowl type birds that are hanging out near the water. But the belted kingfisher is syndactyl, which means that their inner toes are fused together and they appear as one long flattened toe. […]
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- Stephen Griffith
- Michael Kowalski
- Kristie Sitar
- Samantha Courtney
- Brent Rudolph
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 6,482,122
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 107 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 24 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 34
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast?
Eric Hilliard and Rachel Lincoln and Kelsey Beatty host the show. Published by Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast take guests?
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