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Our Share of the Birding

Our Share of the Birding

Aug 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Third Place Winner Clutching my almost brand-new binoculars, I slipped down the porch steps to join the trio on the drive. A...

Favorite Focus, August 2024

Favorite Focus, August 2024

Aug 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Daisies at sunset. Josiah Andring. Northern Mockingbird. Photo © Thomas Zimmerman. This mockingbird is a gorgeous example of separation lighting in a...

Birding by Beginners

Birding by Beginners

Jul 1, 2024

Sharing Birding Contest Grand Prize Winner View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Robin. Photo © Robert Frazer. My husband and I are not birders. Thanks in part to Nature Friend, some...

Favorite Focus, July 2024

Favorite Focus, July 2024

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Joy Penner. West Texas storm. Photos © Anna Schmitt. Northern lights. Photo © Robert Frazer. Gray squirrel. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. Barred Owl....

The Local Birds Are Nesting

The Local Birds Are Nesting

Jun 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Baltimore Oriole © Harry Collins|Dreamstime.com. American Kestrel © Menno67|Dreamstime.com. By early June the northern migration is pretty well over, the...

Fallen Jewel

Fallen Jewel

Jun 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “Look, Mom!” I exclaimed as we pulled into our driveway. “The front door’s wide open!”“Oh, no,” she said, glancing up. “We probably didn’t shut it right...

You Can Draw a Painted Bunting

You Can Draw a Painted Bunting

Jun 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive God surely loves color, and He created us with that love as well! He designed a world with color and beauty. His basic colors seem to be blue, green,...