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Study Guide Puzzles, March 2022

Study Guide Puzzles, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Acrostic, Crossword, Mammals, Matching, Puzzle, Study Guide

Caption This, March 2022: Bees on Flower

Caption This, March 2022: Bees on Flower

by Kevin Shank | Mar 3, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Bees & Flies, Caption This, Insects & Arachnids, Plants & Fungi

“You’re frazzled because you forgot to get the queen a present for her birthday? Well, how about a ‘Bit-O-Honey?’” Photo and caption © Randy Bottcher. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the July issue,...
Exploring Nature, March 2022

Exploring Nature, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Birds, Cranes, Exploring Nature, Gamebirds, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Shorebirds

Snow trillium. Photo © Kevin Shank. Snow trilliums bloom mid-March to early April. This trillium was photographed near Franklin, West Virginia, March 21.Sharp-tailed Grouse are displaying on leks.View the Sandhill Crane migration in the Platte River Valley in...
You Can Draw a Bighorn Sheep Submissions

You Can Draw a Bighorn Sheep Submissions

by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Mammals, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions

Mailbox, March 2022: Frost Flower

Mailbox, March 2022: Frost Flower

by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Mailbox

Creation Close-ups, March 2022: Dragonfly in Vine

Creation Close-ups, March 2022: Dragonfly in Vine

by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Dragonflies, Falcons & Caracaras, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals

Wondernose: What mammal has an inflatable nose?

Wondernose: What mammal has an inflatable nose?

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Mammals, Wondernose

“Elephant Seal!” you exclaim.Well, good for you, Wondernose, you have come quite close. However, I wouldn’t really call an elephant seal’s nose inflatable. Mainly it is a very large nose which is sometimes puffed up like a cushion and which hangs down over the mouth....
Pictures & Poems, March 2022

Pictures & Poems, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems

From the Editor’s Quill, March 2022:

From the Editor’s Quill, March 2022:

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Contest, From the Editor's Quill

This was a fun issue to compile. To begin with, content came from an assortment of activities that you readers participated in. They included Birding With Friends, Nature Night, Creative Writing Contest, and a “Learning by Doing” going back to a Flower Planter contest...
Scavenger Hunt, March 2022

Scavenger Hunt, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzle, Scavenger Hunt

Covers, March 2022

Covers, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Covers, Mammals

Striped Skunk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Fox Squirrel. Photo © Dreamstime.com.
Favorite Focus, February 2022

Favorite Focus, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Favorite Focus, Sparrows, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Thrushes

Focusing on Close-ups

Focusing on Close-ups

by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

A microscope was used to magnify this snowflake. An adapter went onto an SLR camera body as if it were the lens, then the adapter slipped into the eyepiece tube in lieu of the eyepiece. Another, perhaps better, way to do this is with a microscope imager. Photo © Kevin...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, February 2022

Camp & Cabin Cookin’, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Study Guide

Recipes: Oven Beef Stew, Grandma’s Biscuits. Recipes: Quick Sweet Rolls, Loaded Breakfast Pizza.
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2022

Study Guide Puzzles, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Acrostic, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Crossword, Insects & Arachnids, Matching, Puzzle, Study Guide

Exploring Nature, February 2022

Exploring Nature, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Exploring Nature, Reptiles & Amphibians

Go out in February and early March and check wet-weather ponds. You might spy spotted or tiger salamanders laying their eggs. Look at night with a strong flashlight.Overseed food plots in February.Make frozen wreath with bird treats/seeds in a bundt pan.Beginning the...
You Can Draw a Turkey; a Grizzly Submissions

You Can Draw a Turkey; a Grizzly Submissions

by Kevin Shank | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Gamebirds, Mammals, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions

Mailbox, February 2022: Contest Comment

Mailbox, February 2022: Contest Comment

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox

Creation Close-ups, February 2022: Black Bear

Creation Close-ups, February 2022: Black Bear

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Bees & Flies, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Pigeons & Doves, Reptiles & Amphibians

Pictures & Poems, February 2022

Pictures & Poems, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Mammals, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes

From the Editor’s Quill, February 2022: Contest Results

From the Editor’s Quill, February 2022: Contest Results

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Contest, From the Editor's Quill

Snow is gently falling outside my window tonight as I write this. I enjoy seeing snow fall in the glow of a yard light after dark. It makes a fun backdrop for sipping hot chocolate and munching a fresh homemade doughnut. But that was a while ago. Now I’m back to my...
Scavenger Hunt, February 2022

Scavenger Hunt, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzle, Scavenger Hunt

Covers, February 2022

Covers, February 2022

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Covers, Mammals

Focus Illustrated, January 2022

Focus Illustrated, January 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Answer Key, Astronomy, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Focus Illustrated, Galaxies, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

Favorite Focus, January 2022

Favorite Focus, January 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Birds, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Crustaceans & Mollusks, Favorite Focus, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

Camp & Cabin Cookin’, January 2022

Camp & Cabin Cookin’, January 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Study Guide

Recipes: Cheeseburger Soup, Mom’s Best Pancakes. Recipes: Caramel Popcorn, Monkey Bread.
Study Guide Puzzles, January 2022

Study Guide Puzzles, January 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Acrostic, Crossword, Matching, Puzzle, Study Guide

Caption This, January 2022: Impala

Caption This, January 2022: Impala

by Kevin Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Caption This, Mammals

Exploring Nature, January 2022

Exploring Nature, January 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jan 10, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Birds, Exploring Nature, Mammals

By mid-January, the wintering eagle population peaks in Virginia.Look at snowflake designs under a microscope.Bucks are shedding their antlers.January and February are the most popular months to visit the monarch butterfly migration sites in Mexico.Maintain bird...
You Can Draw a Bighorn Sheep Submissions

You Can Draw a Bighorn Sheep Submissions

by Kevin Shank | Jan 10, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Mammals, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions

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