Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. January
7. New Year’s Day Birds 14
8. In the Company of Bears 18
9. With Fear and Trembling 21
10. Luxury Living on the Lake 24
11. February
12. Living with Ice 28
13. Living with Ice 32
14. The Great Seal 35
15. Lilies in February 39
16. March
17. Hemlocks 43
18. Woodpeckers, Present and Absent 48
19. Mole Salamanders 51
20. The Blackbirds Are Back 54
21. April
22. The Skunk Cabbage Classic 57
23. Spring Peepers 61
24. Robins 65
25. Wild Ginger 68
26. May
27. Hurrah for LBJs 72
28. It’s a Porcupine 77
29. Snakes 80
30. Feather Your Nest 82
31. June
32. Poppies 86
33. Mockingbirds 90
34. The Osprey 94
35. Spongy Trouble 97
36. July
37. The Baltimore Checkerspot 101
38. A Natural Corridor for Toads 105
39. Shedding Bark 109
40. The Making of a Green Lake 112
41. August
42. High Summer 116
43. Lamp Shells 120
44. Blood on the Menu 123
45. Summer Butterflies 126
46. September
47. Rubythroats 130
48. The Carolina Grasshopper 134
49. The Hunt for the Harvester 137
50. Goldenrods 141
51. October
52. Autumnal Songsters 145
53. Black Walnut Bonanza 149
54. A Relocating Crown 152
55. In the Carbon Sink 156
56. November
57. Wild Geese 160
58. Witch Hazel 164
59. All Change 166
60. The Greatness of the Great Mullein 170
61. December
62. Love in a Cold Climate 174
63. Squirrel Dreys 178
64. Coyotes 181
65. Duck Time 185
66. Postscript 190
67. References 193