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...
2022, 08 August
English Class Was “For the Birds”
Spring Migration Bird Contest Grand Prize It is a typical Monday morning at work in mid-May. The weather has finally dried out following the wettest April on record, and the sun is trying to peak...
Scavenger Hunt, August 2022
Birding Along the Linville Creek
Spring Migration Bird Contest Second Place Linville Creek. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The clock read 11:30 a.m. I was curled up on the couch flipping through the latest issue of Nature Friend, when the...
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...
The Day and the Crown
Spring Migration Bird Contest 1st Place
Invisibles, August 2022
August 2022, End of the Trail: Northern Parula
Male Northern Parula. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
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...
Study Guide Puzzles, August 2022
Spring Migration Photo Contest Grand Prize
Female Anna's Hummingbird. Photo © G. Allen Gustafson.
Lyra
Ring Nebula. Photo © NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScl/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Lyra, the Harp, is a small constellation that lies almost straight overhead on August evenings in the...
Spring Migration Photo Contest 1st Place
Northern Parula. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
Warm Season Cover Crops
Sunn hemp. Photo © Dreamstime.com. One of the most important rules of gardening is to always be gardening. That doesn’t mean we need to keep ourselves in the garden every working day planting,...
