I had been discouraged about birding this spring, until that morning…
Shorebirds
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Pictures & Poems, May 2026
Drawings and poems from our young readers.
Favorite Focus, February 2026
Enjoy our readers’ favorite photos from the February issue!
A Day to Remember
We had just pulled into the parking lot when a car drove past us, slowed, and a man inside yelled, “There’s a Bald Eagle in that tree over there!”
Creation Close-ups, September 2025
Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the July issue!
Favorite Focus, August 2025
Check out our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
Creation Close-ups, July 2025
Readers’ photo submissions from the June issue.
Creation Close-ups, June 2025
Readers’ photo submissions from the June issue.
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…
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.
Pictures & Poems, March 2025
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Pictures & Poems, May 2024
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Exploring Nature, March 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Woodcocks are doing their courtship displays. Listen for their loud peenting or beeping at dusk on warm evenings. Grizzlies come out of hibernation in mid...
Month of March Artwork Winners
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Grand Prize Artwork © Caleb Miller. First Place Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Second Place Artwork © Esther Jones. Third Place Artwork © Nathaniel...
