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Aquarius
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Helix Nebula, NGC 7293. Photo © Allexxandar/Dreamstime.com. Aquarius is a sprawling constellation that stretches across nearly 40° of the southern sky...
Otters in the Pond
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine River otter. Photo © Landewarphotography/Dreamstime.com. One nice, sunny midsummer morning my dad told me to go back to the pond and start our irrigation...
Exploring Nature, October 2023
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Bull elk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The elk are still bugling. Brown and brook trout are spawning. Wild ginseng is ready for harvest. Check local laws....
5 Reasons Why Bugs Aren’t Just Creepy Crawlers
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine A lot of people think that bugs are nothing but a nuisance and are unimportant. I did so myself. But then I began to think about all the things bugs do....
Pictures & Poems, October 2023
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A Peek Into an Apiary
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine I stared at the thermometer. “Eighty degrees. That’s a little warm to be in the sun, don’t you think?” I asked Mom.“It’s perfect weather to check the...
You Can Draw a Redhead Submissions
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Let’s Take a Hike, October 2023: Tiger Swallowtail
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Tiger swallowtail on lilac. Photo © Faithe Delmore.
Focus Illustrated, October 2023
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Creation Close-ups, October 2023
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Hightown, in Highland County, Virginia. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Black bear. Photo ©Heather Eveleth. Common Raccoons. Photo © Allen Miller. Fall leaves....
Wondernose: What animal has the biggest families among the mammals—up to twenty-one in a litter?
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine You say your dad’s sows sometimes have even more piglets than that at a time? All right, Wondernose, I’m not thinking of domesticated animals. And our...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, October 2023
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I’m Hungry!!!!
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Juvenile American Robin. Photo © Kristen Stombaugh. “CHIRP! . . . CHIRP!”What kind of bird sounds like that? I wondered.I was in waist-high grass a...
God’s Garbagemen
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Have you ever thought about who cleans up after you? Who washes your clothes? Who washes the dishes? Who takes out the trash? Who carries the trash away?...