by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Contest, Covers, Warblers
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Let's Take a Hike, Mammals
White-tailed fawn, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park. This fawn was a delightful interruption to our reading your contest stories.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest
You folks knocked it out of the ballpark this time. It would have been easier to assign ten first place awards than to assign one grand prize, one first place, one second place, etc. What was I thinking when I made up the rules!? I should have just said there will be...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Insects & Arachnids, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Insects & Arachnids, Plants & Fungi, Wildflowers
This issue was fun to compile, but a lot of work. Three contests finished May 31, and reviewing the submissions took a lot of time. These pages are full, yet we still have more of your stories to run. Watch upcoming issues…The only space left is this little block, and...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Invisibles, Owls, Puzzles
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Contest, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Hummingbirds, Shorebirds, Swallows, Warblers, Woodpeckers
Least Bittern. Photo © Peter Shirk, 16. Barn Swallow. Photo © Alva Steury Jr. Rufous Hummingbird. Photo © Alvin Clair Auker. Great Blue Heron. Photo © Gabriel Schneider. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo © Jarrett Martin. Hairy Woodpecker. Photo © Josiah Olson. Green Heron....
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Contest, Fish, Mailbox, Thrushes
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Finches, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Acrostic, Birds, Crossword, Matching, Owls, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
Recipes: Banana Peach Oatmeal, Spanish Rice. Recipes: Sour Cream Raisin Squares, Summer Day Smoothie.
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Favorite Focus, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Beetles, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Focus Illustrated, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Bees, Caption This, Covers, Insects & Arachnids, Reptiles & Amphibians
Green and black poison dart frog. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Photo © Randy Bottcher
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Let's Take a Hike
Scarlet Tanager. Photo © Anthony Sensenig.
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, From the Editor's Quill, Insects & Arachnids, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Invisibles, Puzzles, Reptiles & Amphibians
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Fish, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids, Pictures and Poems, Wrens
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Insects & Arachnids, Reptiles & Amphibians, Spiders, Woodpeckers
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Fish, Mailbox, Thrushes
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Mammals, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Caption This, Reptiles & Amphibians
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Beetles, Birds, Cuckoos, Flycatchers, Insects & Arachnids, Meteors, Nightjars, Warblers
Bolide with Tau Herculid meteor shower and fireflies. Photo © Cheryl Shank. I didn’t know birds talk in their sleep, but they surely must. About 12:30 a.m. an Ovenbird began to talk. Before long, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo made some comments of his own, too, and he kept...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Astronomy, Beetles, End of the Trail, Insects & Arachnids, Meteors
Photos © Cheryl Shank.
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Acrostic, Crossword, Mammals, Matching, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
Recipes: Elderberry Syrup, Summer Surprise “Apple” Pancake. Recipes: Gramma’s Berry Pie (Cobbler), Blackberry Cobbler.
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Answer Key, Birds, Favorite Focus, Plants & Fungi, Premium Edition, Reptiles & Amphibians, Shorebirds, The Photo Focus, Warblers, Wildflowers
by Kevin Shank | Jun 6, 2022 | Answer Key, Bees, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Jun 6, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Thrushes