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Published
December 7, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Letter from the future

Imagining his grandson three decades from now, Dana Wilde ponders the mess we're making of the environment and why we allow it to happen for future generations when we know what we're doing.
Published
November 23, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: November notes

From an apparition of August to crusty snow and brumal cold, the month of November revealed a season changing and a sense that time is standing still, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
November 9, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: The tangled webs of bridge spiders

Dana Wilde tries to unravel the mystery of spiders whose presence is known mainly on bridges or other structures overhanging water, where small gnats are their a preferred food.
Published
October 27, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: The beautiful, reviled shag

Cormorants vibrate some living thread between here and boyhood as they fish local waters, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
October 12, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Incredible ironies in a looming disaster

It is incredible that we are making more trash now than we were 20 years ago, Dana Wilde writes.

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Published
September 21, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Transfixed by a September field

Contemplating a natural beauty so intense it’s almost unendurable is like encountering an angel, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
September 7, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Wasps and spiders

Watching a small wasp drag an immobile spider across the deck on a summer afternoon, Dana Wilde thinks of the underground chamber that awaits for the coming creature lifecycle.
Published
August 24, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Of time and toads

Exploring the outdoors with a 5-year-old, Dana Wilde navigates the wild frontier of a child's wonder and all that's discovered along the way.
Published
August 10, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: Science, fiction and the oak

An attempt to identify an unknown object in the woods reveals a natural phenomenon that could generate science fiction, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
July 27, 2022

Backyard Naturalist: A rainbow in the eye of the beholder

The beauty of light rays refracted inside raindrops give us — or so it seems — a peculiar sense of grace being imposed on the world, Dana Wilde writes.