View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Wood Duck drake swimming. Photo © Cheryl Shank. Slowly, quietly, yet steadily, I crept along, my binoculars in hand. Surely I can sneak in here without...
Gamebirds
Favorite Focus, November 2022
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Study Guide Male Spruce Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. I got my second lightning shot while we were visiting in Haiti. I was really hoping I could at least get...
Pictures and Poems, October 2022
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...
Pictures & Poems, June 2022
Exploring Nature, May 2022
Ruffed Grouse eggs hatch in Virginia in late May. You may see them cross a forest road, if you drive through their habitat.May is peak migration for shorebirds at Cape May, New Jersey.The spring...
Exploring Nature, March 2022
Snow trillium. Photo © Kevin Shank. Snow trilliums bloom mid-March to early April. This trillium was photographed near Franklin, West Virginia, March 21.Sharp-tailed Grouse are displaying on...
Pictures & Poems, March 2022
You Can Draw a Turkey; a Grizzly Submissions
Wondernose: What bird has three different sets of plumage for three different seasons?
You and I consider it normal to own one coat for winter, one for spring and fall, and one for summer. But that’s not so common for the birds. Yes, a few birds do have two sets of plumage, but three...
Covers, December 2021
Ptarmigan. Photo © Kerry Hargrove/Dreamstime.com. White-tailed deer. Photo © Justinhoffmanoutdoors/Dreamstime.com.
Favorite Focus, November 2021
Exploring Nature, November 2021
Monarch butterfly migration photo © Javarman/Dreamstime.com. Saw-whet Owls are being banded during migration.Harvest season for ginseng runs through December 31. Obey local laws.Bobwhite Quail live...
Bobcat Bonanza!
Elusive, secretive, camouflaged. This perfectly describes the bobcat, one of North America’s smallest wildcats. My first glimpse of a bobcat was from my deer stand one chilly October evening, ten...
You Can Draw a Wild Turkey Tom
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