View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Crystal Lake, Montana. Photo by National Forest Service. The four of us looked upward. Would we? Could we? It was 1:45. Our guide had suggested 5:00 as an...
Finches, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks
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What Is God Like
We read about God, and are familiar with verses that tell us how He made the world. Does this mean He has time to notice the things we do?
A Kind of Confusion
What is a species, and why does taxonomy—our official way of classifying life—keep changing?
Pictures & Poems, August 2025
Enjoy our readers’ artwork submissions from the August issue.
Study Guide Puzzles, December 2023
You Can Draw an American Goldfinch Submissions
Favorite Focus, April 2023
This Morning was the “Tomorrow”
MacGillivray's Warbler. Photo © Kevin Shank. You may remember “The Photo Focus” in January ended with the sentence, “Plus, there is tomorrow.” Well, that was today. When I wrote that, I just thought...
You Can Draw an American Goldfinch
Our Hoary Redpoll Pursuits
Hoary Redpoll. Photo © Simonas Minkevius/Dreamstime.com. Two years ago, the winter brought some unusual birds to us from the North country. One of these was a Hoary Redpoll. It was coming to another...
Building a Weight-triggered Perch
Chipping Sparrow. Photo © Austin Vinar. When trying to photograph skittish birds at my feeder, I’ve often thought, Wouldn’t it be nice to have a trail camera that takes good bird photos…. But,...
My Wonderful Adventure
Blue-winged Warbler. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Before I started my twenty-four-hour birding adventure, I knelt beside our creek and looked into the water. As I did, I prayed for a successful birding...
You Can Draw a Rose-breasted Grosbeak Submissions
Creation Close-ups, June 2022: Eastern Bluebird
Spots of Red
Common Redpoll. Photo © Dreamstime.com. My sister looked out the window and asked, “Is that a redpoll?”We all ran for the window. By then the birds had all flown away, so we had to go over to...