Outdoors

'Never had I experienced such an attack,' columnist says of recent outing to find wild berries

These days, one of the few options to find wild berries are along trails in parks, but there's a lot of competition, so we need to not be greedy, warns columnist

Raccoons in the attic! Sometimes, nature is not all it's cracked up to be, says columnist whose weekend took a turn, then another and another

'Being a well-prepared naturalist, my back-pocket notebook and pen came into play as each property was passed by,' columnist says of recent jaunt

When it comes to reproduction in the local forests and streams, all may not be what it appears to be, says columnist

Magnificent moths, which are 'truly unmistakable in appearance,' are short lived, says columnist of big, green moths that look like they belong in a tropical jungle

Lichens were once viewed 'as the trash of vegetation,' says columnist, noting there are about 18,000 species of lichens found around the globe

'Even while surrounded by a thousand acres of wilderness, noise still permeates the local environment,' muses columnist

'It truly is amazing how a whiff of some odour or another can cause instant mental ruminations of a place or time from long ago,' says columnist

Brightly coloured feathers, elaborate song, aggressive behaviour and intricate flight manoeuvres ... are all fair in the wooing of birds game, says columnist