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Springtime Animal Behavior

North American Mockingbird
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As springtime unfolds and temperatures warm up, many animals are more active, leading to more opportunities for human interaction. You may have seen the pictures circulating on social media -- the Sarasota Sheriff’s Department recently responded to a call about an 11-foot gator that wound up in someone’s backyard swimming pool. That got us to thinking about just how the changing season affects animals, so we’re bringing in Dr. Jerry Jackson, he’s Professor of Ecological Sciences at FGCU and heard weekday mornings on WGCU with his long running Out With the Wild Things.

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Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.
RachelIacovoneis a reporter and associate producer ofGulf Coast LiveforWGCU News. Rachel came toWGCU as an intern in 2016, during the presidential race. She went on to cover Florida Gulf Coast University students at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Capitol Hill and Southwest Floridians in attendance at the following day's Women's March on Washington.