Lighthouse artwork © Anna Boggs.
2023
Covers, November 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, November 2023: White-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch. Photo © Anna Boggs.
Yellow-bellied Bully
I think some birders have feeding stations simply because they enjoy watching for unusual birds or unusual behavior.Recently we had a pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers coming to our suet log—one...
From the Editor’s Quill, November 2023
As I write this, no doubt some of you are looking forward to next Saturday when the October 14, 2023, annular solar eclipse takes place. Right now, the prediction is for us to have clouds that day....
Invisibles, November 2023: Pine Marten
A Furry, Flying Find
Southern flying squirrel. Photo © Tony Campbell/Dreamstime.com. For several years, my siblings and I have been setting our live trap, curious as to what we might find. Often the peanut butter has...
Snowbank Rescue
“What are you looking at, Father?” Joanna asked. She had just returned from the sink where she had swallowed a dose of cough syrup. Staying home from school was boring, and Father’s figure, leaning...
Wondernose: What tree has needles and cones like an evergreen, yet sheds its leaves in the fall?
Tamarack trees. Photo © Chloe7992|Dreamstime.com. Tamarack! You answer promptly, Wondernose, and you are correct. Another name, larch, would have been equally correct. Larch is the name used mostly...
Creation Close-ups, November 2023
Mailbox, November 2023
Pictures & Poems, November 2023
You Can Draw a Grizzly Bear
Birds…of a Different Feather
Male Great Frigatebird. Photo © Guenterguni|iStock.com. When we hear the word bird, our mind’s eye might see a songbird, a duck, or maybe a parrot—a familiar creature with wings, beak, head, tail,...
In Our Skies, November 2023: Meteor Showers
As Earth orbits the Sun, it passes between the Sun and the outer planets. Each time Earth passes between the Sun and another planet, that planet is said to be at opposition. This is because, from...