by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Hummingbirds
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Invisibles, Puzzles
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Contest, Pictures and Poems
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Rodents
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox, Wrens
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Warblers, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, End of the Trail, Hummingbirds
Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Cheryl Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Acrostic, Birds, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Hummingbirds, Matching, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
by Kevin Shank and Lester Showalter | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Eclipses, Exploring Our Skies, Premium Edition, Solar Eclipse, Sun
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 Central America, and the majority of South America,...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Hummingbirds, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
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 I grew up near here, but at our valley homes,...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Thrushes
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Covers, Elephants, Mammals, Owls
African elephants. Photo © Aelice/iStock.com. Eastern Screech-Owl feeding young. Photo © Marlin D. Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Articles & Stories, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Gamebirds, Kingfishers, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Plants & Fungi, Swallows, Wildflowers
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Ungulates
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Astronomy, Birds, Mailbox, Satellites
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Mammals, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Articles & Stories
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Caption This, Frogs and Toads, Reptiles & Amphibians
Tree frog. Photo © Dirk Ercken/Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph of a tree frog in the Bolivian rain forest. The photograph will be used on the back of the November issue, along with our choice of a caption or captions.We...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, End of the Trail, Rockets, Spacecraft
Photo © Todd Salat. When I first saw this splendid photo on Spaceweather.com, I knew I wanted to use it to illustrate an article touching on various phenomena some of you, our readers, have seen and inquired about.Mr. Todd Salat captured this astonishing photo April...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Crossword, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Matching, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Astronomy, Auroras, Beetles, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
Northern lights as seen in Kansas. Photo © Thaddeaus Magley. Fireflies. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. It looks to me like Steven Russel Smith’s creative juices were working overtime again. Let this picture sink in; then see if you can capture something similar. It’s...
by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Beetles, Focus Illustrated, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
I took this HDR panorama just after sundown at a field with a beautiful mixture of Indian paintbrushes and Texas Bluebonnets. I used six individual HDRs and Affinity Photo to make this final panorama. This photo illustrates the April photo lesson on taking and...
by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
Bald Eagle nest. Photo © Melody Burkholder. Scott’s Oriole. Photo © Katherine Hawk. A clouded sulphur butterfly visits a prairie verbena. Photo © Matthew Dzhalovskiy.
by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Acrostic, Crossword, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False
by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Insects & Arachnids
