Aquarius is a sprawling constellation that stretches across nearly 40° of the southern sky on autumn evenings…
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Aquila
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Aquila, the Eagle, is a mid-sized constellation that lies right along the summer Milky Way just south of the zenith on September evenings in the...
Capture the Splash
Photographing Water Splashes with Minimal Equipment View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Water droplets. Photo © Anna Boggs. Utterly bored, I stared out at the blinding snow until my eyes...
Hercules
M13. Photo © Reinhold Wittich/Dreamstime.com. Hercules, the Strongman, is a large constellation that lies straight east of Bootes, the constellation we focused on last month. If you imagine a line...
Bootes
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive M3. Photo © Reinhold Wittich|Dreamstime.com. Bootes lies nearly straight overhead on June evenings in the Northern Hemisphere. This constellation is...
End of the Trail, December 2023: Waterfall
Waterfall at Old Man's Cave. Photo © John Friesen.
Covers, December 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, December 2023: Woodpeckers
Male Hairy Woodpecker (top) and female Downy Woodpecker (bottom). Photo © Alan Schroeder.
The Escapade
“Slow and steady wins the race,” I rehearsed to myself for the who-knows-how-many-eth time as I inched my way around the splendid oak. With my chin to the horizon I searched determinedly, hoping to...
From the Editor’s Quill, December 2023
Invisibles, December 2023: Bighorn Sheep
A Week at My Chosen Spot
My Chosen Spot contest Grand Prize winner Immature Red-vented Bulbul. Photo © Samuel Ching. When I saw the announcement in the July Nature Friend about the “My Chosen Spot” contest, I knew I should...
My Chosen Spot Illustrated
My Chosen Spot Contest Honorable Mention
Pictures & Poems, December 2023
Wondernose: What animal’s name has become a verb meaning “hunt” or “search”?
This kind of thing happens a lot with our language, Wondernose. Take, for instance, the word “balloon.” You know what a balloon is, but can you also tell me what the word “balloon” means when used...