2022

On a Starry Night in December

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

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...

Many, Many Meteors

Many, Many Meteors

View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine My brother and I stepped excitedly out of the darkened house into the exhilarating night air. The sky showed no sign of dawn, but in the west an...

Covers, December 2022

Covers, December 2022

View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Long-tailed Weasel in pine tree. Photo © Mlharing/iStock.com. Painted turtles. Photo © Cheryl Shank.

Weasel Ways

Weasel Ways

View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Long-tailed weasel. Photo © Mlharing/iStock.com. The long-tailed weasel mother purred and nuzzled her six youngsters. They were over four weeks old and...

Caption This Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Caption This Ruby-crowned Kinglet

View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-crowned Kinglet eating dogwood berries. "If only I could stand on my tip-toes..." We invite you to submit your caption for this Ruby-crowned...

Honk! Quack!

Honk! Quack!

View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Snow Geese flying. Photo © Matt Anderson/Dreamstime.com. One sunny day we decided to go to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. After driving a ways,...

Four-legged Furries

Four-legged Furries

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Every Monday and Thursday morning my co-teacher and I meet on the road somewhere between her house and mine for a pleasant walk to school on the...

A Webb of Discovery

A Webb of Discovery

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Outer space features. Photo © James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument. Engineers have built telescopes that can see far across the...