View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Bald Eagle nest. Photo © Melody Burkholder. Scott's Oriole. Photo © Katherine Hawk. A clouded sulphur butterfly visits a prairie verbena. Photo © Matthew...
Birds
Covers, June 2023
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Spring Brings the Birds
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Photo © Josephine Dyck. Melodious notes herald the coming of spring at my home in western Texas. Doves, grackles, meadowlarks,...
Pictures & Poems, June 2023
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The Bird in the Thunderstorm
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Black-capped Chickadee and lightning. It was dark and very late at night. The little feathered chickadee had long since fluffed his feathers and gone to...
You Can Draw an American Goldfinch Submissions
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You Can Draw a Redhead
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Rubies in the Garden
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird preening. Photo © Alva Steury. Bzzzzz. The tiny bird landed on the wire tomato cage, merely 18 inches (45 cm) in front of me,...
End of the Trail, June 2023: Eastern Screech-Owl
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Red phase Eastern Screech-Owl. Photo © Nathan Leinbach.
Favorite Focus, May 2023
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Let’s Take a Hike, May 2023: Nightjar
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Meeting Mrs. Nightjar
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Photos © Clement Martin. Africa’s sun poured all its fury on my head, bleaching my hair whiter still. My three Ugandan friends, my two younger brothers, and...
The Belted Kingfisher
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Belted Kingfisher at nest. Photos © Marlene Burkholder. One sunny May morning, I saw two kingfishers! I assumed they were just flying around and wouldn’t...
Pictures & Poems, May 2023
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Our Month of March
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I probably laughed out loud when I saw this foot-in-the-mouth shot. I have no idea where the “foot” comes from. Is it part of the critter? Many of you are...