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Weird and Wonderful—Beech Blight Aphids

Weird and Wonderful—Beech Blight Aphids

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Beech blight aphids. Photo © Andrewasmith1/Dreamstime.com. “What is that?”My family spends a lot of time in nature, so we ask that question many times...

To Build a Log Cabin Wren House

To Build a Log Cabin Wren House

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Editor’s note: In the March 2020 magazine, we published the winners of a birdhouse building contest. Each entry was to be a “Learning By Doing” lesson....

2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide When?Saturday, October 14, 2023. Annularity reaches Oregon’s Pacific coast at about 9:13 a.m. PDT, and moves southeast, exiting into the Gulf of Mexico...

Hummer Delights

Hummer Delights

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. I perched on scaffolding, twenty feet above a quiet country road. Across the road, Roaring Creek...

Blooming Beauty

Blooming Beauty

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Sunflowers. Photo © Erin Cogswell/Dreamstime.com. One amazing aspect of God’s creation is the system he designed for the reproduction of plants. For...

Hummingbirds on the Wing

Hummingbirds on the Wing

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Kevin Shank. When my wife and I moved into our home in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains, Ruby-throated...