Birds
Build a Floating Blind for Waterfowl Photos
Waterfowl blind. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. One brisk morning at dawn, I drove toward the spot where I like to float my floating blind in the creek. I slipped on my waders and set my “ship” afloat.My...
Study Guide Puzzles, June 2022
June 2022, End of the Trail: Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl scratchboard art. Artwork © Hezekiah Swihart.
Rhyming Puzzle
My Birding Trail
Yellow Warbler. Photo © Darren Shank. A while ago, I went to Bluff Point State Park with my family. We were going for the exercise of a 4½-mile (7-km) walk down to the bluff on a beautiful wooded...
My Half-hour Hike…
Henslow's Sparrow. Photo © Dreamstime.com. I was in a hurry because I wanted to go on a hike before dinner, and I had only half an hour of free time. I could not expect to see much of anything in...
You Can Draw a Baltimore Oriole
You Can Draw a Downy Woodpecker Submissions
Turkey Encounter
Wild Turkey. Photo © iStock. Our family lives in the country with abundant wildlife. It is not unusual to see deer, turkeys, skunks, or pheasants in our yard. Most of the wildlife runs when we get...
Creation Close-ups, June 2022: Eastern Bluebird
Pictures and Poems, June 2022
In Search of Spring
Great Horned Owlets. Photo © Kevin Shank. My sister Malinda and I teach in a school in northern Indiana. One evening last spring, we visited one of the school families. We knew they often went back...
Full-fledged Pest Controllers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Photo © Kevin Shank. One sunny late spring morning Mr. Gray, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, hopped cheerfully about in the lush green bushes and trees on Oasis Ranch. His sunshiny...
Covers, June 2022
Gulf fritillary. Photo © Rodney Peifer. Artwork © Nancy Wagler.
