Outdoors

Outdoors columnist offers good news, bad news, and tips to repel pesky fliers

At one time, seeing a porcupine on a woodland walk was commonplace; outdoors columnist explains why that is no longer the case in our region

For eons, species have been forced to push their limits of survival to discover that what doesn't kill them may just make them stronger, says columnist

'There is across the land some no small level of discussion as to whom shall be rightful, and to whom shall scorn be placed upon,' says columnist

While experts warn it's not a silver bullet, the introduction of bio controls could help turn the tide against invasive phragmites, says columnist

Cottontail typically claim the garden shrubs, the snowshoe hares tend to dominate the conifer swamps and the 'giant jacks' have mostly disappeared, says columnist

The brilliant red stands out like a blast against the dull brown and blacks of old wet leaves on the forest floor in early spring, says columnist

While it is an anomaly to see a chipmunk in the winter, they do not hibernate, often due to an 'urge to merge with a female,' says columnist

'In the wild, purple finches are masters at seed extraction from cones or from within fleshy fruits,' says outdoors columnist

Beware false prophets when it comes to the trees and wildlife of the forest and its life cycle, warns columnist