Outdoors

While there is no law against picking a trillium — outside of provincial parks — ask yourself if a temporary bouquet is worthwhile, urges columnist

Even the wing and tail feathers are replaced in anticipation of the arduous fall flight to South America and other destinations of warmth, explains columnist

Primitive looking fish have been spawning in shallow streams for eons, explains columnist who says spring sucker run can last several weeks

Mourning doves are quite easy to observe as they are well adapted to city living as well as rural settings, explains outdoors columnist

Some 30 spider species call Ontario home and their hunting techniques vary, explains outdoors columnist

Catkins, lacking delicate parts, can tough out a few days of chill rain and a small flurry of lacklustre snow, notes outdoors columnist

If you have been sprayed, you have to fight science with science, and that doesn't include tomato juice, says outdoors columnist

'Winter things are disappearing and spring things are showing up in every habitat type from wilderness to urban,' notes outdoors columnist

A question persists, says columnist: Can wildlife species adapt to new blooming periods and all the changing attachments in their web of life?

'As one of the sought-after spring icons, the sight of a red-breasted robin bob-bob-bobbing along in the yard is a real spirit lifter,' says columnist