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Of Spies…and Guards
Desperate to protect, the brave, feathered guard rushed at me, its tail fanned wide. I backed off. But I had waited for weeks for this moment! I was determined to get a picture. I edged forward again…
You Can Draw a Brown Pelican
In five steps, you can draw a Brown Pelican too!
Photograph the Series
One of the most rewarding mornings I’ve spent photographing wildflowers happened not because I photographed a lot of species, but rather because I took a series of photographs…
Covers, May 2025
A close-up look into a yellow lady’s slipper and the face of an upset Gray Crowned-Crane.
In Search of Ducks!
After some awkward minutes trying to figure out flippers—how to secure them to wading boots, walk with them, and maneuver them through the tiny leg openings in “the boat”—I was back in the water. A few feet from shore my feet could no longer touch the bottom. I was off…or was I?
Favorite Focus, April 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
You Can Draw a Mockingbird
In five steps, you can draw a Northern Mockingbird too!
Wacky Woodcock
Does it seem to you that the woods is full of hidden eyes…like, there are things in the woods watching you that you can’t see? I encountered a pair of those hidden eyes one day while I was sitting in a blind hoping to photograph a drumming grouse.
You Can Draw a White-breasted Nuthatch Submissions
Children’s submissions for You Can Draw a White-breasted Nuthatch lesson.
Covers, April 2025
April 2025 covers, featuring contest photo winners: a juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owl and beautiful frost patterns!
End of the Trail, April 2025
Trails and Tales Contest Photo Second Place Winner
Let’s Take a Hike, April 2025: Ruffed Grouse
A male Ruffed Grouse drums expectantly…
Pictures & Poems, April 2025
Trails and Tails Contest First Place Art Winner + honorable mention art and writing
The Secret Lives of Night Herons: Nature’s Twilight Fishermen
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Black-crowned Night Heron. Photo © Allen Shank. As the sun dips below the horizon and most birds settle in for the night, another shift of hunters emerges...