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Focus Illustrated, December 2022
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Pictures & Poems, December 2022
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Cetus
View the December Nature Friend Study Guide NGC 253. Photo © CC by 3.0. The southern sky is nearly devoid of bright stars on evenings in late autumn and early winter. Cetus, the Whale, is a...
Wondernose: What animal has been described as looking stupid, self-satisfied, and cat-like?
View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Snowy Owl. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. So you think that’s an insult to your cat! You don’t consider your cat to be stupid. All right, let’s not focus on the...
The Greatest Houseplant Ever?
View the December Nature Friend Study Guide The poinsettia is probably the most popular potted flower in U.S. history—at least in terms of pots sold. Last year around thirty-five million pots of...
Creation Close-ups, December 2022: Ice Designs
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Camp & Cabin Cookin’, December 2022
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Mailbox, December 2022: Monarch Watch
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Building a Weight-triggered Perch
View the December Nature Friend Study Guide Chipping Sparrow. Photo © Austin Vinar. When trying to photograph skittish birds at my feeder, I’ve often thought, Wouldn’t it be nice to have a trail...
Some of the Southwestern Wrens
View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Cactus Wren eating cactus fruit. Photo © Jay Pierstorff/Dreamstime.com. In the southern part of California, the climate is dry. Not much rain falls in a...
You Can Draw a Blackburnian Warbler Submissions
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You Can Draw a Wild Turkey Hen
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On a Starry Night in December
View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine “Papa! May Joshua, Michaela, and I sleep outside on Tuesday night to watch the Geminid meteor shower?” I questioned eagerly, looking up from the...
Nature’s Antics
View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Bobcat. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The sun wasn’t up yet, but there were streaks of pink in the east. As I sat on a small bluff overlooking a field, a few...