Dana Wilde: Snow buntings in winter

backyard naturalist

Published
April 13, 2022

Dana Wilde: Snow buntings in winter

Brightening up our winter fields, the white-feathered birds have interesting migration patterns tied to colder climate, Dana Wilde writes.
Published
October 13, 2021

Dana Wilde: Trees follow the sun

Fall is getting pleasantly, alarmingly warmer, writes Dana Wilde, with the cause hardly a mystery.
Published
September 29, 2021

Dana Wilde: Of goldenrod and galaxies

The golden ratio, writes Dana Wilde, is understood to be a fundamental pattern of beauty in nature and art.
Published
September 22, 2021

Dana Wilde: Growing up in the woods

Watching a 4-year-old navigate nature, writes Dana Wilde, highlights the self reliance of Thoreau and Emerson.
Published
September 8, 2021

Dana Wilde: The frosts of September

At our house we no longer expect patches of frost until October, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
August 25, 2021

Dana Wilde: What the heck is this?

There are more weird-looking creatures on the green Earth than is dreamt of in our philosophy, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
August 11, 2021

Dana Wilde: No humans were harmed in the making of this news column

Even though they look monstrous, spiders are actually your allies in the battle against the little bugs who do try to eat you, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
July 28, 2021

Dana Wilde: The visible 6,000 stars

You could spend a lifetime sorting out information on one star at a time and probably not make your way through them all, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
July 21, 2021

Dana Wilde: Tall meadow rue, or the ambiguities

Nature has an array of exceptions to every named category, writes Dana Wilde, whether plants or processes or people.
Published
July 7, 2021

Dana Wilde: 70 degrees before 8 in the morning

Global warming is directly attributable to the fumes and exhaust that we pump into the Earth's atmosphere, and the heat that is trapped in the process is disrupting the climate, writes Dana Wilde.