College Park Wild: Meanwhile, back at the lodge
By RICK BORCHELT Busy as a beaver is an accurate watchword for this industrious mammal, second only to the South…
College Park Wild: A royal river of orange
By RICK BORCHELT From October until the first frosts, a river of orange flows through Maryland — a river of…
College Park Wild: Down yonder in the pawpaw patch
By Rick Borchelt Welcome to “ha’siminikiisfwa,” or pawpaw moon in the Shawnee tongue — the month we know as September….
College Park Wild: For ants, antlions are the pits
By Rick Borchelt You’ve probably seen them in the sand or loose soil under roof overhangs, beneath playground equipment or…
College Park Wild: Don’t squash this bee!
By Rick Borchelt July and August bring farmers market tables laden with squash — zucchini, patty pan, crookneck. Bushels and…
College Park Wild: Turtles all the way down
By Rick Borchelt Testudo, the half-ton bronze University of Maryland mascot outside McKeldin Library, isn’t going on walkabout anytime soon…
College Park Wild: Morning call
By Rick Borchelt The Lark, sitting upon his earthy bed, just as the morn Appears, listens silent, then, springing from…
College Park Wild: Long live the queens!
By Rick Borchelt Even though this winter will rank among our warmest on record, for bumble bees it’s still been…
College Park Wild: Sex among the sparrows
By Rick Borchelt All winter long, white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) are the most common sparrows at my backyard bird feeders.. …
College Park Wild: The spa in the spathe
By Rick Borchelt February in Maryland often brings some of the season’s coldest temperatures, along with our best chances for…
