Kevin Shank, Author at Nature Friend Magazine

Pictures & Poems, January 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Birds, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Reptiles & Amphibians

Creation Close-ups, January 2023: Landscapes

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Creation Close-ups

Mailbox, January 2023: Astronomy Question

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Astronomy, Galaxies, Mailbox

You Can Draw a Katydid Submissions

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Grasshoppers and Katydids, Insects & Arachnids, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions

You Can Draw a Green Sea Turtle

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Reptiles & Amphibians, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Lessons

Caption This Jackrabbit

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Caption This, Hares, Rabbits, & Pikas, Mammals

Black-tailed jackrabbit. Photo © Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the May issue, along with our choice of a caption or captions.We appreciate your following these rules for...

Study Guide Puzzles, January 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Acrostic, Crossword, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide, True and False

Camp & Cabin Cookin’, January 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition

What We Learned Yesterday

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Birds, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Warblers

This is the result from my first effort. The camera was handheld. Photo © Kevin Shank. “The bird must be here,” I stated to the family as we approached the parking lot of Lake Shenandoah. Birders with cameras and binoculars in motion told an unspoken story.As soon as...

Favorite Focus, January 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Answer Key, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Chickadees & Titmice, Crustaceans & Mollusks, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Ungulates, Wildflowers

Favorite Focus, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Answer Key, Astronomy, Birds, Focus Illustrated, Galaxies, Premium Edition, Sparrows, The Photo Focus, Wrens

Focus Illustrated, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus

Covers, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Covers, Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians

Long-tailed Weasel in pine tree. Photo © Mlharing/iStock.com. Painted turtles. Photo © Cheryl Shank.

Let’s Take a Hike: Snow Geese

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Let's Take a Hike, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes

Snow Geese flock. Photo © Matt Anderson/Dreamstime.com.

From the Editor’s Quill and Scavenger Hunt, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt

Invisibles, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Falcons & Caracaras, Invisibles, Puzzles

Pictures & Poems, December 2022

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes

Creation Close-ups, December 2022: Ice Designs

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Creation Close-ups

Mailbox, December 2022: Monarch Watch

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox

You Can Draw a Blackburnian Warbler Submissions

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Warblers, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions

Caption This Ruby-crowned Kinglet

by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Caption This, Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet eating dogwood berries. “If only I could stand on my tip-toes…” We invite you to submit your caption for this Ruby-crowned Kinglet eating dogwood berries. The photograph will be used on the back of the March issue, along with our...