Enjoy this photo from our Spring Birding Contest 2025!
Contest
For the Birds
I decided this would be a good day to start our bird search. It was surprising how many birds there were when we began to focus on seeing them…
From the Editor’s Quill, August 2025
Some of you commented on how many birds there are all around us, once we set our minds to thinking about them. Just how many there are still boggles my mind…
Spring Birding 2025 Participants
Which were you—Team Owl or Team Hawk?
Team Owl Bird List
Check out the 322 species recorded by the winning Team Owl!
Team Hawk Bird List
Check out the 304 species recorded by Team Hawk!
Mailbox, August 2025
Excerpts from the Spring Migration 2025 contest.
The Mushroom Hunt
“Let’s go on a mushroom hunt!” This crisp day is perfect for hunting mushrooms in our forest. I fill a cardboard box with knives, bowls, pens, paper, and, most importantly, our mushroom guide.
Ransacked!
Someone or something seemed to be sabotaging our efforts to create an arrangement of colorful flora. Yesterday, my brother’s petunias had vanished, and today, my sister’s violets were the victims. So far, my flowerpot had remained untouched—but for how long?
Creation Close-ups, April 2025
Trails and Tales contest honorable mention photos
In the Heart of My Tree
Nature enchants me.
But I am not a birder.
Nor a stargazer.
Nor a leaf-ologist.
I looked for poetry
in all of these.
I was eluded.
And then I found it—
a charming cadence—
In the Heart of My Tree
Pictures & Poems, April 2025
Trails and Tails Contest First Place Art Winner + honorable mention art and writing
Covers, April 2025
April 2025 covers, featuring contest photo winners: a juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owl and beautiful frost patterns!
End of the Trail, April 2025
Trails and Tales Contest Photo Second Place Winner
Spring 2025 Contests!
Check out our latest contests for spring 2025!