Blue-winged Teal ©Shaphan Shank Can you do this quiz without checking in your bird guide? Try it! What duck often holds its tail stiffly upright?A. Wood Duck. #6.B. Ruddy Duck. #3.C. Common...
Birds
End of the Trail, October 2021: Great Horned Owl
©Marilyn Newswanger, Orchard, IA
You Can Draw a Wild Turkey Tom
Open in October 2021
You Can Draw a California Quail Submissions
Go to June 2021 for California Quail Lesson
God’s Love
On a Sunday morning in July as I was washing dishes, I kept my eyes on the activity at the bird feeders outside our window. Nothing special, just the usual brown birds—finches and sparrows. Yes,...
Creation Close-ups, October 2021
Pictures and Poems, October 2021
Invisibles, October 2021
October 2021, From the Editor’s Quill: Bonus Readers’ Issue!
The Bonus Readers’ Issue! Some of you have been eagerly awaiting this issue, wondering if your submission will be in it. Congratulations to those whose hard work you will find here. And thank you to...
The Tiny Bird With a Big Voice!
Who would’ve thought a House Wren could have such a big mouth? Certainly not me. Surely such a tiny bird couldn’t eke out more than a squeak or two, maybe a quiet warble. I was mistaken…hugely....
Let’s Take a Hike: White-breasted Nuthatch
Let's Take a Hike, October 2021. Photo © Anna Boggs, 15, Rural Retreat, VA.
Covers, October 2021
Red squirrel. Photo © Maya Simmonds. American Goldfinch on bachelor buttons. Photo © Hannah Jones, Ava, MO.
Favorite Focus, September 2021
See "Focus Illustrated, September 2021, for spider photo mentioned above.
End of the Trail, September 2021
“Owl betcha it’s an ‘ole John Deere!”We had to chuckle when we first looked at Anthony Sensenig’s photo of an Eastern Screech-Owl sitting on this old Model H. Sparkles of sunset peak...
