by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, 09 September, Caption This, Carnivores, Mammals
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “What did you mean when you said, ‘Snug as a bug in a rug’?” Photo © Andreanita|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, 09 September, Acrostic, Crossword, Dragonflies & Damselflies, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, 09 September, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Fall Foliage, Plants & Fungi, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage in Hightown, VA. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Brilliant autumn foliage is straight ahead, at least we hope so. Finding a gorgeous opportunity like Shaphan had overlooking Hightown, Virginia, is always fun. But what...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, 09 September, Birds, Fall Foliage, Favorite Focus, Hummingbirds, Plants & Fungi, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Trees
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage at Logan Canyon, Utah. Photo © Loren Auker. Red maple leaves. Photo © Laura Leid. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Joshua Lloyd.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Covers, Owls, Warblers
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Great Horned Owl. Photo © David Sheldon Wright. Yellow Warbler. Photo © Robert Frazer.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Creation Close-ups, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Gamebirds, Ibises and Spoonbills, Nightjars, Pigeons & Doves, Sparrows, Thrushes
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Hummingbirds, Mailbox, Vultures
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Falcons & Caracaras, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Story Contest
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor’s note:We gathered up your story submissions, all one hundred or so, and headed to the Shenandoah National Park (two different days). Bethany read to us as we traveled, and as we looked over Big Meadows. That was a...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, End of the Trail, Mockingbirds & Thrashers
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Northern Mockingbird. Photo © Anastasia Brown.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Crossword, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Matching, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
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by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive What does it take for a photograph to be successful? That is a question that doesn’t have any one right answer. If you were able to capture a poor picture of a rare bird, and yet the quality was adequate for a positive...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 08 August, Birds, Favorite Focus, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Daisies at sunset. Josiah Andring. Northern Mockingbird. Photo © Thomas Zimmerman. This mockingbird is a gorgeous example of separation lighting in a wildlife photograph. There is a rim of light to contrast the gray bird...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Premium Edition, Sun, The Photo Focus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The aurora superstorm in May has captured my attention—not just the beauty of the aurora, but the beauty of the sun from which the storm originated. There is an incredible photo of the sun on page 2. Just how did Mr....
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, Mammals, Rodents
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Astronomy, Let's Take a Hike, Sun
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Robert Schumann captured this photo of the sun May 13, 2024, showing the famous active region 3664. This region hurled at least six coronal mass ejections toward Earth beginning May 7. May 10 a G5 superstorm arrived and we...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Auroras, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Birds, Invisibles, Puzzles, Thrushes
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Carnivores, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Rodents, Ungulates, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, Creation Close-ups, Eclipses, Solar Eclipse
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, Mailbox, Nebulas
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Crustaceans & Mollusks, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Comets, Double Stars, In Our Skies, Nebulas, Planets, Star Clusters
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive July 2 and 26 Pleiades will be very close to the Moon—less than .5°. July 22 Mercury will be at its greatest elongation east of the sun, meaning it will be visible near the western horizon at sunset. July 28, 29 is the Delta...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Birds, Mammals, Puzzles, Word Search
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by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, End of the Trail
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Northern lights. Photo © Shawn Martin. Northern lights. Photo © Shawn Martin. On May 11, 2024, our family gathered outdoors as the sun disappeared out of view. We had been noticing the rare peak in solar activity the past...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2024 | 2024, 07 July, Acrostic, Astronomy, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Nebulas, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
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