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From the Editor’s Quill and Scavenger Hunt, October 2022
Contest and Event Reminders
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...
My Wonderful Adventure
Blue-winged Warbler. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Before I started my twenty-four-hour birding adventure, I knelt beside our creek and looked into the water. As I did, I prayed for a successful birding...
The Results Are In…Water Workshop and Spring Bird Migration Story and Photo Contests
You folks knocked it out of the ballpark this time. It would have been easier to assign ten first place awards than to assign one grand prize, one first place, one second place, etc. What was I...
Scavenger Hunt, August 2022
From the Editor’s Quill, August 2022: Contests
This issue was fun to compile, but a lot of work. Three contests finished May 31, and reviewing the submissions took a lot of time. These pages are full, yet we still have more of your stories to...
A Week in the Woods
Water Workshop Grand Prize Woodland pond. Photo © Joanna Rufener. What goes on day and night at a calm, wooded pond in spring?It was a mystery to me, and this year I found out, thanks to Nature...
Spring Migration Photo Contest Grand Prize
Female Anna's Hummingbird. Photo © G. Allen Gustafson.
Spring Migration Photo Contest 1st Place
Northern Parula. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
Spring Migration Photo Contest 2nd Place
Spring Migration Photo Contest 3rd Place
Cerulean Warbler. Photo © Melvern Martin.