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Study Guide Puzzles, June 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the June issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
Food Plots for Wildlife, Part 1
Seven bucks, still in velvet, slipped out of the woods and began foraging among the grasses in the field… Why not plant for wildlife and increase the opportunities to see these things?
Food Plots for Wildlife, Part 2
Have you ever planted a wildlife garden? Most people refer to that as a food plot. It’s a good way to attract wildlife to your property.
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, June 2025
Squash Casserole…Sun Tea…Low-sugar Strawberry Freezer Jam…Fruit Dip
Photographing Our Alaskan Adventure
We were on our way out to photograph the early morning light on the mountains around Resurrection Bay…
Favorite Focus and Focus Illustrated, June 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
Art & Poetry Submissions, April 2025
Here are the art & poetry submissions we received in the month of April. We hope you enjoy!Art SubmissionsClick on the thumbnails below to view the full-sized image.Poetry SubmissionsSummertime...
Covers, May 2025
A close-up look into a yellow lady’s slipper and the face of an upset Gray Crowned-Crane.
Of Spies…and Guards
Desperate to protect, the brave, feathered guard rushed at me, its tail fanned wide. I backed off. But I had waited for weeks for this moment! I was determined to get a picture. I edged forward again…
From the Editor’s Quill, May 2025
With this magazine, wave #2 of Trails and Tales contest winners is now in your grip…
Invisibles, May 2025: Giraffes
Find the objects hidden in this giraffe drawing!
A Storm-lover’s Dream…or Nightmare
I stepped outside to look at the clouds again. They had changed shockingly fast to a sickening yellowish muddy-orange color, and were now almost directly overhead, with the wind from the east and twice as strong as before.
Pictures & Poems, May 2025
Children’s drawings and poetry from the May issue.
Wondernose: What mother bird puts herself in prison while her babies grow up?
This is a very strange habit indeed. No other species of bird does this…