Bill Felker
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It's time to be paying attention, time to be getting ready. When you hear mourning doves singing before dawn, then organize all your buckets for tappin... -
By this point in the year, my daybook of events in nature reveals many of the pieces of the fabric which forms, for me, early spring. On February 16,19... -
In his essay, “The Landscape of Home,” David Sopher writes how a person “becomes … a geographer of the micro-region… putting together...a mental... -
As February begins, natural history shows the growing power of the spring. The year is gathering a momentum in which every sound and movement carries... -
Late winter begins today throughout the United States. In the South, the early wildflowers start to bloom; in the North, the January thaw forecasts... -
The moon turned new just a few days ago, and now that moon, the Skunk Mating Moon, encourages skunks and other small mammals to break from their winter... -
Although the second week of deep winter is often marked by severe weather and a landscape either dull and brown or hidden by snow, its nature can be... -
Each season is the sum of its parts, and deep winter is defined by five major cold waves in much of the country. The first of these weather systems... -
Today is the winter solstice. Well, it actually occurred at 11:48 last night where I live, and so I know the from astronomers the exact minute that the... -
Not so long ago, I took Bella, my ancient border collie, for a short outing to a pond close by my village. The wind was quiet and the water smooth at...
