What bird in its right mind would want to sit on eggs in sub-zero weather, trying to keep both the eggs and itself warm?
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Underwater Songbird
You know it’s a dipper when it lands on a rock and bounces up and down as if to shake off the cold water, then plunges straight into the frigid stream…
From the Editor’s Quill, June 2025
A few days ago a fall-out of warblers got me away from my desk with a camera in tow…
Pictures & Poems, June 2025
Children’s drawings and poetry from the June issue.
Creation Close-ups, June 2025
Readers’ photo submissions from the June issue.
You Can Draw a Red-headed Woodpecker
In six steps, you can draw a Red-headed Woodpecker too!
Mailbox, June 2025
Why all the bluebirds? Read the June letters to the editor.
Exploring Nature, June 2025
Try sugaring for moths! Nature highlights for June.
You Can Draw a Bald Eagle Submissions
Children’s submissions for You Can Draw a Bald Eagle lesson.
Photographing Our Alaskan Adventure
We were on our way out to photograph the early morning light on the mountains around Resurrection Bay…
Invisibles, June 2025: Rainbow Lorikeet
Find the objects hidden in this Rainbow Lorikeet drawing!
Pictures & Poems, May 2025
Children’s drawings and poetry from the May issue.
Wondernose: What mother bird puts herself in prison while her babies grow up?
This is a very strange habit indeed. No other species of bird does this…
Exploring Nature, May 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Visit vernal pools and listen to the various species of frogs and toads. Watch their vocal sacs. Look for tadpoles developing. Take a wildflower hike and...
Favorite Focus, May 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!