Nature Nearby: Dinner from the basement
By Fred Seitz While putting away the Christmas lights and doing a bit of cleaning in my basement, I quickly…
Headline Forum focuses on College Park’s tree canopy
By Alexandra Radovic Something about this summer didn’t feel the same to Robinne Gray. Songbirds didn’t flock to the…
Miss Floribunda: Rain, rain, go away?
Dear Miss Floribunda, The drought seems to be over, and autumn is finally here, with trees in full color. I…
Nature Nearby: A Calming Green Carpet
By FRED SEITZ — Walk down the trail to Magruder Park and admire the logs bordering the trail, and you…
Nature Nearby: Who went there? Tracking the tracks
By FRED SEITZ — The recent rains and spotty snows have provided a marvelous opportunity to see the passing activities…
Nature Nearby: A little smelly start to spring
By FRED SEITZ — Walking along the Trolley Trail the last week in December, I noticed some familiar green shoots vigorously coming…
Nature Nearby: When deer are in a rut
By FRED SEITZ — If you wandered in or near Magruder Park in late September or early October, you may have noticed…
Nature Nearby: Return of the Night Screamer
By FRED SEITZ — It was a dark, but not necessarily stormy, night. A blood-curdling scream pierces the air. Some…
Nature Nearby: Nature’s winter forecaster?
BY FRED SEITZ — Walking down the street on a mild October afternoon, my wife and I encountered one of winter’s most…
Nature Nearby: The fungus among us
BY FRED SEITZ — The extensive rain in the past few months has raised the visibility of one of the most adaptive,…