“Thank you, Mom. That was fun. Now our little friends will have lots of different snacks to eat, and we can reuse the pinecones all winter long!”
2026, 02 February
Favorite Focus, February 2026
Enjoy our readers’ favorite photos from the February issue!
Glass Ball Photography
I have always been fascinated with light shining through objects and with nature refracted in water drops.
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, February 2026
Rocky Mountain Chicken…Pink Cream Soda Punch…Crunchy Crisp Cookies…Cornstarch Pudding
Winter Garden
Snow has fallen liberally, and my garden walks have been quick, leaving boot prints marring the perfect surface of the slowly melting snow.
Auriga
Auriga contains a number of open star clusters; the best three are M36, M37, and M38.
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2026
Sharpen your nature knowledge with these puzzles!
Insect Word Search
Can you find all thirty warbler species hidden in this puzzle?
My Quest for a Colorful Jumping Spider
When you observe God’s created organisms, like spiders, it’s easy to see that they are so intricate in structure, so amazingly complex in function, and so perfectly designed. Only God can do that!
Albino
Suddenly my eye caught a bright white spot through a clump of trees away out in a field. An albino white-tailed deer!
Rescue the Perishing
…he glimpsed a desperate sparrow fleeing toward the molasses tank. In through the open lid flew the sparrow, followed in close pursuit by a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
You Can Draw a Carolina Wren
In six steps, you can draw a Carolina Wren too!
You Can Draw a Black Phoebe Submissions
View some of the children’s submissions for the You Can Draw a Black Phoebe art lesson.
Pictures and Poems, February 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive
Creation Close-ups, February 2026
Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the February issue!