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...
2023
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...
End of the Trail, August 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Cheryl Shank.
Study Guide Puzzles, August 2023
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....
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...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, 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...
Focus Illustrated, August 2023
Favorite Focus, August 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, July 2023: Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird. Photo © Anna Boggs.
Covers, July 2023
African elephants. Photo © Aelice/iStock.com. Eastern Screech-Owl feeding young. Photo © Marlin D. Shank.
To Hear a Kentucky
By mid-June most of our warblers are feeding young, quietly flitting about gathering food. Except for early in the day, their songs are few and far between.The second week of June, a customer...
From the Editor’s Quill, July 2023: New Memory Game
