The Outside Story - Volume 2 (Writers explore the nature of the Northeast)

How do trees fight beavers? Why do trout have spots? Are those ten coyotes howling, or just two? If robins migrate, how come they're at my feeder this winter? THE OUTSIDE STORY is a weekly ecology series edited by the staff of Northern Woodlands magazine. Organized by month, the 72 essays in this book offer a fun and often surprising look at the everyday nature of the Northeast. Also included are week-to-week calendars of natural events, and suggestions for hands-on outdoor learning. THE OUTSIDE STORY is a series of short literary treks into the heart of the natural world, each of which lifts a small veil off the face of something mundane, misunderstood, or unknown. These essays reveal the inner beauty of place, process, and participant, a gateway into the nature of a number of the other life forms that shape northern woodlands. Unequivocally, this book is the ideal companion for a field guide.