2023
End of the Trail, October 2023: White-tailed Buck
White-tailed buck. Photo © Joseph Thompson.
Study Guide Puzzles, October 2023
Keep It Covered
One of the most important rules of gardening is to always be gardening. That doesn’t mean we need to keep ourselves in the garden every working day planting, weeding, fertilizing, or harvesting....
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, October 2023
Bald Eagle Boost
As I was preparing this issue of Nature Friend, I received a photo from Kevin Burkholder of a Bald Eagle he had photographed that morning. He wrote:“I was delighted to see a Bald Eagle in a tree...
Favorite Focus, October 2023
Focus Illustrated, October 2023
Covers, September 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, September 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. We had barely finished photographing the nest featured in the August issue, when Cheryl spotted this nest at our home. Mom was still incubating...
Rock Wren Record
Rock Wren. Photo © Zack Abbey / CC-BY-4.0. The parking lot was full. People milled around, all carrying binoculars, spotting scopes, or cameras. We found another parking area nearby, grabbed our...
From the Editor’s Quill, September 2023
Invisibles, September 2023: Downy Woodpecker
“Zzuss!”
“Zzuss—zzuss…” The alarm call rings through the silent forest. A bird, startled, leaves his branch and watches from a new perch. “Zzuss, zzuss, zzuss!” Again the call sounds, louder and more urgent...
