2022, 02 February
Focusing on Close-ups
A microscope was used to magnify this snowflake. An adapter went onto an SLR camera body as if it were the lens, then the adapter slipped into the eyepiece tube in lieu of the eyepiece. Another,...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, February 2022
Recipes: Oven Beef Stew, Grandma's Biscuits. Recipes: Quick Sweet Rolls, Loaded Breakfast Pizza.
The Other Most Important Nutrient
Auriga
IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, is an emission/reflection nebula in Auriga. While beautiful in photographs, it is quite faint and difficult to visually observe. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Auriga is not...
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2022
February 2022, End of the Trail: Wright Mountain
Wright Mountain, Washington. Photo © Nathan Carlen.
Birding Bonanza
Sharp-shinned Hawk. Photo © Kevin Shank. Slowly I walked down beside the row of trees—binoculars, field guide, pen, and paper in my hand, drinking in the beauty of the predawn morning. A killdeer...
Sand, Shells, and Waves
It was morning on the seashore. The sun was just peeking over the horizon, sending a warm glow over the dozens of little waves at its feet. The sea gulls were already calling and swooping over the...
Exploring Nature, February 2022
Go out in February and early March and check wet-weather ponds. You might spy spotted or tiger salamanders laying their eggs. Look at night with a strong flashlight.Overseed food plots in...
Flying Stars
Here in upstate New York, autumn was long and beautiful. This is December already, and some days are warm enough that even the bees decide to fly. But the other night something else was flying which...
You Can Draw a Downy Woodpecker
You Can Draw a Turkey; a Grizzly Submissions
A Night With Nature
Photo © Dreamstime.com. We poked our curious heads out the front door, breathing in the early morning air. It was a cool morning in December, thirty-five degrees. Shivering, we slipped into our...
