OUTSIDE STORY

Otters Slide for an Obvious Reason: Fun

2/26/18

I have been living with an otter. He’s long and sleek, a graceful swimmer with an insatiable appetite for fish. At first he was just my boy, a...

Visitors From the North

2/11/18

I have been keeping a close watch on my birdfeeders. Not only because I love seeing the juncos and goldfinches that arrive in flocks, and the black...

On the night of Dec. 3, 2017, a moon rose that was unlike any other of the year. Not only was it full, but it was at the closest point to earth...

I have spent about a decade as a backyard birder and have learned quite a bit in that time. I can instantly recognize the call of a red-winged...

If you’ve ever seen chevrons on the bark of an American beech, you know you’re looking at a tree that’s been hugged by a black bear. And you’ve...

The Outside Story: Winter’s Sad, Slow Flies

12/17/17

So here’s my movie concept: during a laboratory accident, a scientist exchanges his DNA with a fly. Over the next few weeks, our hero slowly...

I followed a stream downhill through the woods as it coursed through a small ravine. At the base of the hill, just before the brook entered a...

Coyotes Prepare for Winter

11/19/17

Eight years ago, my husband and I planted 128 fruit trees on a hillside, mostly apples, but the back few rows included stone fruits. Our apples...

Outside Story: Roadkill Is Rarely Random

11/6/17

Every so often, my friend David texts me a picture of roadkill. A fisher trailing a single strand of blood-red sinew. A wind-roused pile of...

Outside Story: Bears Are Making Their Winter Beds

10/22/17

The fields around our home are something of a bear buffet from mid-summer through fall: wild blueberries in July followed by blackberries, then...

Crickets and Katydids Perform an End-of-Summer Orchestra

10/8/17

This time of year, I keep the windows cracked open on even marginally warm nights, savoring the sweet air that sifts through the screens. On that...

Fog Rises to Meet Fall

9/24/17

In New England, the edge of autumn feels like no other time of year. The cool nights and warm afternoons call mid-May to mind, but the dawn woods...

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