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Pictures & Poems, February 2023
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Building a Weight-triggered Perch
View the December Nature Friend Study Guide 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...
Favorite Focus, October 2022
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...
Our Birding Day
Sunday dawned a beautiful morning. The first birds I saw were cardinals—male and female. There were Chipping, English, and House Sparrows at the feeder. Out the kitchen window I saw a Junco and a...
Our Birding Circle
As I went about my morning work on November 17, the lovely day beckoned me outdoors. Why not do the Nature Friend bird circle project today? The thought niggled at the back of my mind. Why not? So...
Let’s Take a Hike: White-breasted Nuthatch
Let's Take a Hike, October 2021. Photo © Anna Boggs, 15, Rural Retreat, VA.
A Migration Miracle
I looked out the window. Sunlight was streaming through it onto my face. I thought, What a beautiful, peaceful morning…. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Photo © Cheryl Shank. Suddenly, “Tweep, tweep, tweep,...
