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Caption This Eastern Screech-Owl

Caption This Eastern Screech-Owl

Mar 1, 2023

View the March 2023 Nature Friend Magazine We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph of a parent Eastern Screech-Owl bringing a night crawler to the young. The photograph will be used...

Covers, March 2023

Covers, March 2023

Mar 1, 2023

View the March 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Fairy shrimp. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Ruby-crowned Kinglet eating dogwood berry. Photo © Dogwood Ridge.

The American Bittern

The American Bittern

Mar 1, 2023

View the March 2023 Nature Friend Magazine American Bittern. Photo © Shalom Shirk. Climbing off some logs in our pond, I didn’t expect the pleasant surprise God had in store for me.Wait! What was...

Covers, February 2023

Covers, February 2023

Feb 1, 2023

View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ice bells. Photo © Kevin Shank. Male Northern Cardinal. Photo © Cheryl Shank.

Our Hoary Redpoll Pursuits

Our Hoary Redpoll Pursuits

Feb 1, 2023

View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Hoary Redpoll. Photo © Simonas Minkevius/Dreamstime.com. Two years ago, the winter brought some unusual birds to us from the North country. One of these...

Wondernose: What bird helps fishermen find their fish?

Wondernose: What bird helps fishermen find their fish?

Feb 1, 2023

View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Northern Gannet carrying seaweed. Photo © Rinus Baak/Dreamstime.com. Our mystery bird is big, white, and goose-like. It’s a strong flyer and will fly in...

Thump, Chirp, Thump—Gobble

Thump, Chirp, Thump—Gobble

Feb 1, 2023

View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ocellated Turkey. Photo CC-BY-SA-4.0. Several high-pitched chirps with accompanying low “thumps” split the gray light of the early Mexican morning. They...

This Morning was the “Tomorrow”

This Morning was the “Tomorrow”

Feb 1, 2023

View the February 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide MacGillivray's Warbler. Photo © Kevin Shank. You may remember “The Photo Focus” in January ended with the sentence, “Plus, there is tomorrow.” Well,...