View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Snowshoe hare in winter. Photo by Denali National Park and Preserve|CC-BY-2.0, detail. “I love fall, but I dread to think what is coming afterwards,” the...
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You Can Draw a Wild Turkey
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Native Americans introduced the turkey, their favorite game bird, to arriving Europeans. It soon became a traditional part of the Thanksgiving...
Let’s Take a Hike, October 2024: Ruffed Grouse
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ruffed Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter.
Creation Close-ups, September 2024
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Creation Close-ups, August 2024
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Pictures & Poems, June 2024
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To Photograph a Drumming Grouse
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ruffed Grouse drumming. Photo © Allen Shank. — Allen’s Story — Thump- thump- thump b-b -d-d-d-d-D-D-D-D-d-d-d-d-d. I sat upright in my chair. There on the...
Exploring Nature, March 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Woodcocks are doing their courtship displays. Listen for their loud peenting or beeping at dusk on warm evenings. Grizzlies come out of hibernation in mid...
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive I was deep in the forest, hiking with a friend and my camera. In the snow were the tracks of a bobcat. I was delighted. Bobcats are such beautiful...
Favorite Focus, December 2023
Ruffed Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. Bald Eagle. Photo © Brandon Hollinger. Black-capped Chickadee. Photo © John Leck. Blanca Lake. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. Frost patterns on soap bubble. Photo ©...
Exploring Nature, October 2023
Bull elk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The elk are still bugling. Brown and brook trout are spawning. Wild ginseng is ready for harvest. Check local laws. Bobwhite Quail live in coveys from autumn to...
Pictures & Poems, September 2023
My Walk
Spruce Grouse. Photo © Jessica Tschetter. It’s early May. Summer is now installed, and so is the itch to find and photograph summer wildlife—in me anyway. The sunny afternoon seemed an ideal time to...
Pictures & Poems, July 2023
