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2024, 04 April

Photographing Owls in Flight

Photographing Owls in Flight

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Eastern Screech-Owl catching a mouse. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Only a few minutes had passed, and already a screech owl had flown over our setup. From their...

Cancer

Cancer

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cancer, the Crab, is a mid-sized constellation that lies just east of Gemini and just west of Leo. Cancer is made up solely of dim stars, and its shape is...

The Native Wildflower Garden

The Native Wildflower Garden

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Why,” you ask, “would I want to include native spring ephemerals in my wildflower garden?”Well, in my experience, these wildflowers are much more than...

Exploring Nature, April 2024

Exploring Nature, April 2024

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Just as farmers are hoping the spring dries up enough to get into the fields to mow hay, morel hunters are hoping for alternating rain and sunshine to...

A Wildflower Drive

A Wildflower Drive

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Bird's-foot trefoil. Photo © Klaus Reitmeier|Dreamstime.com. Every time I have gone away in the summer has been a wildflower drive for me all the years we...

Covers, April 2024

Covers, April 2024

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Red phase Eastern Screech-Owl. Photo © Robert Strickland. Northern Cardinal. Photo © Dogwood Ridge.

Bluebird Summer

Bluebird Summer

Apr 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Eastern Bluebird. Photo © Steve Byland/Dreamstime.com. One beautiful spring morning, I noticed a pair of bluebirds checking out the wren house on our...