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Winter Issue 2023
A Doe on the Patio Table: Readers’ Close Encounters With Nature
We asked for your mini-stories about memorable nature moments, and you, readers, provided a wondrous bounty, like acorn woodpeckers contributing to the communal haul. Here are our favorite dozen.
Ask the Naturalist, Wildlife
Ask the Naturalist: Why are Deer Droppings so Tiny?
Why are deer droppings so small? East Bay Regional Parks’ Cat Taylor has the scoop on ungulate poop.
Ask the Naturalist, Wildlife
Are deer twins common?
Are deer twins common? Turns out, yes, even though any individual twin fawn is less likely to survive than its singleton cousins. What gives, nature?
Wildlife
Peaceful Coexistence with Deer
The first time I began to pay closer attention to the small band of Columbian blacktail deer that coexist—more or less peacefully—with my neighborhood’s human residents was during the summer of 1997 while working outside on my house in Belmont … Read more
