by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Bees, Covers, Insects & Arachnids, Mantises
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Let's Take a Hike, Plants & Fungi
Tiger swallowtail on lilac. Photo © Faithe Delmore.
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Insects & Arachnids, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Cicadas, Dragonflies & Damselflies, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Pictures and Poems, Ungulates
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox, Wasps
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Birds, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Articles & Stories, Birds, Exploring Nature, Fish, Gamebirds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Mammals, Ungulates, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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. Bobwhite Quail live in coveys from autumn to spring. Sometime in October is the peak of leaf color for much of the...
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Crossword, Insects & Arachnids, Puzzles
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Mammals, Ungulates
White-tailed buck. Photo © Joseph Thompson.
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Acrostic, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Puzzles, Study Guide
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Articles & Stories, Birds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
As I was preparing this issue of Nature Friend, I received a photo from Kevin Burkholder of a Bald Eagle he had photographed that morning. He wrote:“I was delighted to see a Bald Eagle in a tree very nearby this morning. I quickly snapped a few pictures before it flew...
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Astronomy, Birds, Dragonflies & Damselflies, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Moon, Nuthatches, Plants & Fungi, The Photo Focus, Wildflowers
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Caption This, Covers, Mammals, Primates
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Hummingbirds, Let's Take a Hike
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 not as photogenic as the cedar was, but no...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Carnivores, Gamebirds, Insects & Arachnids, Kingfishers, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Wildflowers
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Lizards, Mammals, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Rodents, Wrens
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Mailbox, Ungulates, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Caption This, Penguins
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 captions.We appreciate your following these...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, End of the Trail, Storms, Weather
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, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Storms, Study Guide, Weather
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Premium Edition, Storms, The Photo Focus, Weather
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 announced.We had been at his place for several days...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Flycatchers, Focus Illustrated, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Warblers
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Covers, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids
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 sat a Ruby-throated Hummingbird on her nest. I...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Hummingbirds, Let's Take a Hike
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding young. Photo © Kevin Shank.
