As the forest changes, the deer change their trails. If a big tree falls, the deer travel around it. They don’t usually go over a tree. They don’t expend their energy if they don’t have to. A deer is ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun ...