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Panoramas

Panoramas

Apr 3, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Palouse Falls in Washington. Photo © John Friesen. There are a variety of aspect ratios used to display photographs and paintings. Some aspect ratios...

A Garden of Herbs, Part 2

A Garden of Herbs, Part 2

Apr 3, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Last month we started with an herb used traditionally for tea. This month I’d like to do the same. Next to mint, chamomile is perhaps the most common...

Salamander Incubator

Salamander Incubator

Apr 1, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Spotted Salamander eggs. Photo © Dana Atkinson. “Sooooo squishy!” George exclaimed as he cupped a grapefruit-sized salamander egg mass in both his...

Our Experience With Bee-z-z-z

Our Experience With Bee-z-z-z

Apr 1, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine “Woof, woof, woof!” The gruff barking of our Great Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd announced the arrival of an unfamiliar vehicle.“Who came?” I asked my...

Sparks of Beetle Light

Sparks of Beetle Light

Apr 1, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Along the roadside in a mass of morning glory plants, specks of gold flitted among the leaves. They moved fast and were hard to focus on, but with the...

Wildflower Art Contest Honorable Mentions

Wildflower Art Contest Honorable Mentions

Apr 1, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Moonflower. Artwork © Emily Hulbert. Red-winged Blackbird on cattails. Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Dogwood Dawn. Artwork © Hannah Stoltzfus.

Mr. Spicebush

Mr. Spicebush

Apr 1, 2023

View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine A close up of a 5th instar spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. Photo © iStock.com. The orange caterpillar inched along the stick. Every so often he paused...