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Spring Migration Photo Contest Honorable Mentions
Least Bittern. Photo © Peter Shirk, 16. Barn Swallow. Photo © Alva Steury Jr. Rufous Hummingbird. Photo © Alvin Clair Auker. Great Blue Heron. Photo © Gabriel Schneider. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo ©...
Spring Migration Photo Contest Grand Prize
Female Anna's Hummingbird. Photo © G. Allen Gustafson.
Focus Illustrated, August 2022
Wondernose: What animal has no head and no legs, yet weighs a quarter of a ton?
Giant clam. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Mind you, Wondernose, not all the animals of this kind weigh a quarter of a ton. They can vary in size from a fraction of an inch to four feet across.But how, you...
Invisibles, August 2022
A Week in the Woods
Water Workshop Grand Prize Woodland pond. Photo © Joanna Rufener. What goes on day and night at a calm, wooded pond in spring?It was a mystery to me, and this year I found out, thanks to Nature...
Let’s Take a Hike: White-tailed Fawn
White-tailed fawn, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park. This fawn was a delightful interruption to our reading your contest stories.
The Results Are In…Water Workshop and Spring Bird Migration Story and Photo Contests
You folks knocked it out of the ballpark this time. It would have been easier to assign ten first place awards than to assign one grand prize, one first place, one second place, etc. What was I...
Spring Migration Photo Contest 3rd Place
Cerulean Warbler. Photo © Melvern Martin.
Mailbox, August 2022: Attracting Birds
Covers, August 2022
From the Editor’s Quill, August 2022: Contests
This issue was fun to compile, but a lot of work. Three contests finished May 31, and reviewing the submissions took a lot of time. These pages are full, yet we still have more of your stories to...
Spring Migration Photo Contest 2nd Place
Glimpses of Pond Life
Water Workshop 2nd Place Sandhill Cranes. Photo © Dreamstime.com. “Let’s do this project.”We all agreed. What better time than now, with a pair of Sandhill Cranes nesting in our marshy pond?...