by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Caption This, Covers, Mammals, Primates, Seals
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Hummingbirds, Let's Take a Hike
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. We had barely finished photographing the nest featured in the August issue, when Cheryl spotted this nest at our home. Mom was still incubating the eggs.Our gum tree is...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzle, Scavenger Hunt
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Canines, Carnivores, Gamebirds, Insects & Arachnids, Kingfishers, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Wildflowers
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Lizards, Mammals, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Rodents, Wrens
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Deer and Antelope, Mailbox, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Caption This, Penguins
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine King Penguin. Photo © Ben Goode|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph of a King Penguin. The photograph will be used on the back of the January issue, along with our choice of a caption or...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, End of the Trail
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Learn how this photo of lightning over the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, was taken in the September Study Guide, “The Photo Focus.” Photo © Adrian Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Matching, Puzzle, Study Guide
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Study Guide
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Study Guide, The Photo Focus
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Lightning flickered in the west. Invisible waves of wind rocked the treetops. Would it rain? The dry ground could use it.“If there is a storm tonight, I might leave when it is over and go to Salt Fork,” Steven...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Bears, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Flycatchers, Focus Illustrated, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Warblers
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Focus Illustrated, Study Guide, The Photo Focus
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Thrushes
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Covers, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids
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 slipped and slid, curved and churned its way to the Atlantic. Before me...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Hummingbirds, Let's Take a Hike
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding young. Photo © Kevin Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Hummingbirds
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Invisibles, Puzzle
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Contest, Pictures and Poems
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Canines, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Rodents
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox, Wrens
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Warblers, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, End of the Trail, Hummingbirds
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Cheryl Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Acrostic, Birds, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Hummingbirds, Matching, Puzzle, True and False
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Eclipses, Exploring Our Skies, Solar Eclipse, Study Guide, Sun
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide When?Saturday, October 14, 2023. Annularity reaches Oregon’s Pacific coast at about 9:13 a.m. PDT, and moves southeast, exiting into the Gulf of Mexico off the shores of Texas at 12:03 p.m. CDT.Where?All of North and...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Study Guide
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Hummingbirds, Study Guide, The Photo Focus
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Kevin Shank. When my wife and I moved into our home in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds soon became regular visitors to our feeders. Both Bethany and...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Study Guide
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