Barnacles on rock. Photo © iStockPhoto.com. You would have to be quite lively in order to eat in this manner, wouldn’t you, Wondernose? And maybe you would have to live in the water like our mystery...
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Scavenger Hunt, May 2022
Favorite Focus, May 2022
Invisibles, May 2022
Summertime Search
One warm summer day, my cousin and I had a contest to see who could find the most kinds of birds, animals, trees, plants, or leaves. We met at the trail that led into the woods. Our backpacks were...
Let’s Take a Hike: Trout Lily
Trout lily and spring beauties. Photo © Sam Cox, 15.
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Spring Dog Birding
American Woodcock. Photo © Kevin Shank. The second week of May came, and so did the warblers and other migrating species. I had spring fever. Spring, Galen, warblers—all three—go hand in hand, so...
Baby House Finch’s Adventure
Baby House Finch is only slightly aware of his surroundings. Instinct tells him he must get out! Frantically he pecks at the shell imprisoning him. At last he lies back, exhausted. After a short...
The Banana-loving Baboons—& don’t forget the peppers!
Baby baboon eating banana. Photo © Estella See, 14. On a hot, sunny day in Uganda, Africa, we set out to visit the baboons. Many baboons live in the big forests near Tororo, and it was always an...
Mailbox, May 2022: SpaceX Rocket Launch
“Our Kingfisher?”
It was the beginning of warmer weather, when the changing day length tells birds to begin their migration back north.This is a time that my family looks forward to, not only because we enjoy the...
Covers, May 2022
Feeding giant acorn barnacle. Photo © Gerald Corsi/iStockPhoto.com. Impala and Red-billed Oxpeckers. Photo © Dreamstime.com.
Nighttime Raider
One summer day when we had some visitors, we spied a little squirrel up in the treetops right next to our house. It was not much bigger than a chipmunk. Someone ran to get the field guide, and we...
