View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Aquila, the Eagle, is a mid-sized constellation that lies right along the summer Milky Way. Aquila is always fairly easy to find, but locating it is...
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You Can Draw a White-tailed Doe & Fawn Submissions
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Invisibles, September 2023: Downy Woodpecker
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Camp & Cabin Cookin’, September 2023
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In Our Skies, September 2023: Annular Solar Eclipse
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine You’ve probably noticed that the Moon appears larger when it lies just above the horizon. This is just an optical illusion. However, the Moon actually...
Pictures & Poems, September 2023
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“Zzuss!”
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine “Zzuss—zzuss…” The alarm call rings through the silent forest. A bird, startled, leaves his branch and watches from a new perch. “Zzuss, zzuss, zzuss!”...
Covers, September 2023
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Measuring the Universe—How Astronomers Try
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Stellar parallax diagram. The claims that modern-day astronomers make about the size of the universe seem almost unbelievable. To better understand the...
You Can Draw a Wolf Pup
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Weeds—How to Manage Them
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Mankind’s struggle with weeds is almost as old as life on earth. Since the very first man, almost all of those who have been involved in producing food...
Hummer Delights
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. I perched on scaffolding, twenty feet above a quiet country road. Across the road, Roaring Creek...
From the Editor’s Quill, August 2023
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Focus Illustrated, August 2023
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Let’s Take a Hike, August 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding young. Photo © Kevin Shank.