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Flycatchers
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You Can Draw a Black Phoebe Submissions
View some of the children’s submissions for the You Can Draw a Black Phoebe art lesson.
You Can Draw a Black Phoebe on Rose of Sharon
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Favorite Focus, April 2025
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My Chosen Spot Illustrated
My Chosen Spot Contest Honorable Mention
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2023
Spring Brings the Birds
Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Photo © Josephine Dyck. Melodious notes herald the coming of spring at my home in western Texas. Doves, grackles, meadowlarks, Curve-billed Thrashers, mockingbirds, and...
Migrating Marvels
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Photo © Dreamstime.com. I shivered as the damp wind whistled through my shirt, and I stared unbelievingly through my binoculars at the bird resting on the branch in front...
Birding Along the Linville Creek
Spring Migration Bird Contest Second Place Linville Creek. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The clock read 11:30 a.m. I was curled up on the couch flipping through the latest issue of Nature Friend, when the...
Of Bolides and Birds
Bolide with Tau Herculid meteor shower and fireflies. Photo © Cheryl Shank. I didn’t know birds talk in their sleep, but they surely must. About 12:30 a.m. an Ovenbird began to talk. Before long, a...
Wildflower Adventures
The morning was pleasantly breezy. As I snatched a wildflower guide plus pen and paper, I could feel that I was in for an adventure or two. This would be my first wildflower hunt, and I was somewhat...
Let’s Take a Hike: Wildflowers
Background photo © Kevin Shank.
