2023, 08 August
Favorite Focus, August 2023
Focus Illustrated, August 2023
Hummingbirds on the Wing
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Kevin Shank. When my wife and I moved into our home in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds soon became regular visitors to our...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, August 2023
Blooming Beauty
Sunflowers. Photo © Erin Cogswell/Dreamstime.com. One amazing aspect of God’s creation is the system he designed for the reproduction of plants. For many plants, seed production starts with a...
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing
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 off the shores of Texas at 12:03 p.m....
Study Guide Puzzles, August 2023
End of the Trail, August 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Cheryl Shank.
To Build a Log Cabin Wren House
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. Torrence was one of the winners.In June of...
Weird and Wonderful—Beech Blight Aphids
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 but…this was really bizarre. On a branch near...
Covers, August 2023
You Can Draw a Yellow Warbler Submissions
One Busy Mom
Female Common Grackle feeding a fledgling. Photo © Olivia Seger/Dreamstime.com. Out in the sunny yard, a Common Grackle flies toward the cedar shrub. Perching on top, she looks around cautiously....
