View the full issue in the Magazine Archive In September, Comet 13P/Olbers is projected to be at magnitude 8—a binocular/telescope target. In mid-September it will be a thumb-to-little-finger span...
Articles & Stories
Treasures of the Bow
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Kervin Good. I get excited when I see a rainbow in the sky. I’m sure Noah did too. God told him to take it as a sign of His promise to never...
Delphinus, Sagitta, and Vulpecula
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The Summer Triangle, a large triangle of bright stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair), lies straight overhead on September evenings in the United States....
Fall Foliage Photos Straight Ahead
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage in Hightown, VA. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Brilliant autumn foliage is straight ahead, at least we hope so. Finding a gorgeous opportunity like...
Learning Together
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest First Place Winner Finsch's Wheatear. Photo © Shutterstock.com. I stared at the birding contest announcement. Ideas began to roll...
Our Crane Creek Birding Expedition
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Second Place Winner Our big white van turned into a long gravel lane with a sign ushering us to Crane Creek in Ohio. My brothers...
Wondernose: What animal has up to 200 eyes and can easily regrow any that are lost to injury?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive If you live on the east coast of Canada or the USA, you are probably familiar with these sea-dwelling animals. One way they are commercially caught for...
Excerpts from the Sharing Birding Contest
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor’s note:We gathered up your story submissions, all one hundred or so, and headed to the Shenandoah National Park (two different days). Bethany read...
Math Is 4 the Birds
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Third Place Winner My ten-year-old brother and I had an agreement. He would finish his math before a certain time five school days...
Our Share of the Birding
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Third Place Winner Clutching my almost brand-new binoculars, I slipped down the porch steps to join the trio on the drive. A...
Components of a Successful Photo
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive What does it take for a photograph to be successful? That is a question that doesn’t have any one right answer. If you were able to capture a poor picture...
Solar Photography
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The aurora superstorm in May has captured my attention—not just the beauty of the aurora, but the beauty of the sun from which the storm originated. There...
Birding by Beginners
Sharing Birding Contest Grand Prize Winner View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Robin. Photo © Robert Frazer. My husband and I are not birders. Thanks in part to Nature Friend, some...
From the Editor’s Quill, July 2024
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Eclipse Day
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The long-anticipated day had arrived! I woke up fifteen minutes before my alarm sounded. Today is the big day!After much planning and preparation,...