Northern Saw-whet Owl. Photo © Allen Shank. Midnight on a spring night, only a sliver of moon overhead, the forest is dark. A small bird of prey, a Northern Saw-whet Owl, perches on a tree limb,...
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Study Guide Puzzles, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive I was deep in the forest, hiking with a friend and my camera. In the snow were the tracks of a bobcat. I was delighted. Bobcats are such beautiful...
Focus Illustrated, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive I was intrigued by this Northern Pygmy Owl photo as soon as I saw it. What a splendid photo opportunity Josiah had. My fingers itched, though, to do a few...
Favorite Focus, January 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Nebraska sunset. Photo © David Miller. Last quarter moon. Photo © Britney Martin. Black-capped Chickadee. Photo © John Leck. Horned Lark. Photo © Weston...
Duck Scramble
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Exploring Nature, January 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Find frost flowers or ice needles. These occur when the air is icy cold yet the soil is still above freezing and plant roots are active. In mid-January...
Covers, January 2024
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Let’s Take a Hike, January 2024: Short-eared Owl
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Short-eared Owl flying over a farm field. Photo © Adrian Shank.
Chasing Short-eared Owls
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Short-eared Owl flying over a farm field. Photo © Adrian Shank. It was the evening of December 31, 2020. I was returning home from trying to find one more...
Pictures & Poems, January 2024
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Creation Close-ups, January 2024
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Covers, December 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, December 2023: Woodpeckers
Male Hairy Woodpecker (top) and female Downy Woodpecker (bottom). Photo © Alan Schroeder.
The Escapade
“Slow and steady wins the race,” I rehearsed to myself for the who-knows-how-many-eth time as I inched my way around the splendid oak. With my chin to the horizon I searched determinedly, hoping to...
A Week at My Chosen Spot
My Chosen Spot contest Grand Prize winner Immature Red-vented Bulbul. Photo © Samuel Ching. When I saw the announcement in the July Nature Friend about the “My Chosen Spot” contest, I knew I should...