View the December 2023 Nature Friend Magazine My Chosen Spot Contest Honorable Mention
Thrushes
I’m Hungry!!!!
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Juvenile American Robin. Photo © Kristen Stombaugh. “CHIRP! . . . CHIRP!”What kind of bird sounds like that? I wondered.I was in waist-high grass a...
Favorite Focus, August 2023
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Let’s Take a Hike, July 2023: Eastern Bluebird
View the July 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Eastern Bluebird. Photo © Anna Boggs.
Wildflower Art Contest Honorable Mentions
View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Moonflower. Artwork © Emily Hulbert. Red-winged Blackbird on cattails. Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Dogwood Dawn. Artwork © Hannah Stoltzfus.
What a Splashing Success!
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Wood Duck drake swimming. Photo © Cheryl Shank. Slowly, quietly, yet steadily, I crept along, my binoculars in hand. Surely I can sneak in here without...
A Week by the Creek
Stream and wild lupines. Photo © Dreamstime.com. With a last cautious effort, the sun finally peeked over the eastern horizon. Gaining confidence, it rose fully, flooding the earth with its warmth...
Mailbox, August 2022: Attracting Birds
Mailbox, July 2022: Bluebirds
Focus Illustrated, June 2022
My Birding Trail
Yellow Warbler. Photo © Darren Shank. A while ago, I went to Bluff Point State Park with my family. We were going for the exercise of a 4½-mile (7-km) walk down to the bluff on a beautiful wooded...
Creation Close-ups, June 2022: Eastern Bluebird
Creation Close-ups, May 2022: White-tailed Fawns
You Win?
Eastern Bluebird and Tree Swallow. Photo © Dreamstime.com. “Chee! Chee! Chee!” The strident notes eddied through the open living room window and pricked my ears. I dropped The War for Mansoul, which...
