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Focus Illustrated, June 2023

Focus Illustrated, June 2023

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I took this HDR panorama just after sundown at a field with a beautiful mixture of Indian paintbrushes and Texas Bluebonnets. I used six individual HDRs...

Favorite Focus, June 2023

Favorite Focus, June 2023

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Bald Eagle nest. Photo © Melody Burkholder. Scott's Oriole. Photo © Katherine Hawk. A clouded sulphur butterfly visits a prairie verbena. Photo © Matthew...

Inspiration in a Gerbera Daisy

Inspiration in a Gerbera Daisy

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Photo © Timothy Waldner. My sister is so sweet! She gave me a flower—one flower—but she had a special reason. In the summer, when I see a beautiful...

Making Good Compost

Making Good Compost

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Last month we looked at the limitations of poor quality compost, but don’t think for a minute that compost is something to be avoided. Composting is a...

Bootes

Bootes

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide M3. Photo © Reinhold Wittich/Dreamstime.com. Bootes lies nearly straight overhead on June evenings in the Northern Hemisphere. This constellation is...

The Bird in the Thunderstorm

The Bird in the Thunderstorm

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Black-capped Chickadee and lightning. It was dark and very late at night. The little feathered chickadee had long since fluffed his feathers and gone to...

Rubies in the Garden

Rubies in the Garden

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird preening. Photo © Alva Steury. Bzzzzz. The tiny bird landed on the wire tomato cage, merely 18 inches (45 cm) in front of me,...