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The Fascinating Acorn Woodpecker

The Fascinating Acorn Woodpecker

Jun 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Acorn Woodpecker. Photo © Alain Poirot|Dreamstime.com. “RAT-TAT-TAT! Rat-tat-tat!”Listen to that woodpecker. It is a common enough sound, but how about a...

Favorite Focus, June 2024

Favorite Focus, June 2024

Jun 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Iceberg Creek flowing out of Iceberg Lake in Glacier National Park. Photo © Aaron Stalter. Photo © Riley Kropf. Photo © Ben Fehr. Barred Owl. Photo ©...

Wrapping up the Migration

Wrapping up the Migration

May 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive By the third week in May, bird migration is winding down. The resident birds are nesting or even feeding young. It’s time to check several areas where...

Crying Bird

Crying Bird

May 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Limpkin. Photo © Svetlana Foote|Dreamstime.com. Something moved in the weeds along the shoreline. It was bulky and slow. With a heavy body and long neck...

The Call of the Loon

The Call of the Loon

May 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Common Loon on lake in Maine. Photo © Harry Collins|Dreamstime.com. Dusk thickens over the beautiful Maine forest and lake. The sun has set, and the moon...

To Photograph a Drumming Grouse

To Photograph a Drumming Grouse

May 1, 2024

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...

Covers, April 2024

Covers, April 2024

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Red phase Eastern Screech-Owl. Photo © Robert Strickland. Northern Cardinal. Photo © Dogwood Ridge.