Since July 2000, Marty Giles of Wavecrest Discoveries has been authoring
twice-monthly guest columns on a wide range of natural history topics for The World newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Past articles for "Nature Guide Journal" are:
upwelling (13 July 2000)
earthquakes (27 July 2000)
berries (10 August 2000)
plant communities (24 August 2000)
climate effects (7 September 2000)
change of color (21 September 2000)
seasonal sand movement in the dunes
(5 October 2000)
fungi & mushrooms (19
October 2000)
watercycle & wetlands
(2 November 2000)
winter preparations
(16 November 2000)
"Oregon" broad-leaved evergreens
(30 November 2000)
snowflakes (14
December 2000)
whale watching (28
December 2000)
beach in winter
(10 January 2001)
lichens (25
January 2001)
viruses (8
February 2001)
frogs (22 February
2001)
more about earthquakes (8
March 2001)
flowers (22 March
2001)
microclimates
(5 April 2001)
orchids
(19 April 2001)
orchids, again
(3 May 2001)
tidepooling
(17 May 2001)
clouds
(31 May 2001)
life of a dead tree
(14 June 2001)
tideflat denizens
(28 June 2001)
waves
(12 July 2001)
ticks
(26 July 2001)
scientific names
(9 August 2001)
Dungeness crab
(23 August 2001)
spiders
(6 September 2001)
altruism
(20 September 2001)
termites
(4 October 2001)
tree diseases
(18 October 2001)
ponds & lakes
(1 November 2001)
patterns–fractals (15 November
2001)
salmon
(29 November 2001)
Christmas Bird Count (13 December
2001)
migration (27 December 2001)
feeder birds (10 January 2002)
wetland functions
(24 January 2002)
groundhog
forecasting (7 February 2002)
windstorm
(21 February 2002)
bird song
(16 March 2002)
"messy" nature
(30 March 2002)
El Niño
(13 April 2002)
salamander
(27 April 2002)
tides (11
May 2002)
baby birds
(25 May 2002)
caterpillars
(8 June 2002)
Five Kingdoms
(22 June 2002)
thunderstorms
(6 July 2002)
science
(20 July 2002)
forest fires
(3 August 2002)
plankton
(17 August 2002)
woodlice
(31 August 2002)
migration
navigation (14 September 2002)
beach holes
(28 September 2002)
Columbus Day Storm
(12 October 2002)
