The birds chant their own names, “fee-bee” as well as chirp and chatter in the greening maples, chokecherries and birches.
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Pluto’s dwarf planet status controversial
Columnist Dana Wilde says the change for Pluto upset some and caused confusion, even among scientists.
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DANA WILDE: Off Radar
Sanford Phippen’s new book, “Sturge: A Memoir,” is a collection of letters, articles, journal entries, Internet blogs, photos and recollections of Sturgis Haskins, a native of Down East Maine who left an indelible mark on everyone he met.
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Juncos’ return is sure sign of spring
Dana Wilde writes that they arrive in huge crowds and remind us, as Thoreau wrote, ‘the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos.’
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Dana Wilde: Signs of spring in sky
It seems, somehow, only fair that the snowbanks finally start receding after the long, harsh cold and dark.
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DANA WILDE : In Review
If you want to know what it felt like to be a kid in small-town Maine between Bangor and Ellsworth right after World War II, you should read Bruce Wallace’s “Dedham Days.”
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Yes, it’s been cold, but not that cold
Despite the brutal winter, statistics show that it’s been only slightly colder than normal.
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Recent news stories about D.F. Mortland, who died last month at the age of 87, mentioned the great respect people felt for him, but they neglected to indicate he was also a man of letters.
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BACKYARD NATURALIST: Grab your binoculars for a look at summer — on Mars
You can get a pretty good Earth-based look at it in the coming weeks, especially if you have a little backyard telescope or even just binoculars.