Nature highlights for April.
2026, 04 April
Favorite Focus, April 2026
Enjoy our readers’ favorite photos from the April issue!
Foggy-morning Fun
This is perfect! I thought. Lots of birds around, and some already within reach of my lens! Now all I have to do is wait for the sun to come up.
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, April 2026
Hoagie Pizza…Lemon Ice Cream Dessert…Alaska Brownies…Chewy Peanut Butter Bars
Attracting Birds With Water
Are you among the many who enjoy the spring bird migration? Are you watching the warblers on their northern trek?
Study Guide Puzzles, April 2026
Sharpen your nature knowledge with these puzzles!
Pigments Experiment
Let’s have some fun with colors. You may have heard that the primary pigment colors for painting and art are red, yellow, and blue.
Pond Life Word Search
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Springtime Springtails
Actually, springtails can be found any time of the year, even in the winter. Have you ever heard of snow fleas?
Galaxy Night
I jumped out of bed before I could change my mind, and stumbled sleepily outside to set up my telescope in the corner of the yard.
You Can Draw an Eastern Bluebird
In nine steps, you can draw a Eastern Bluebird too!
Creation Close-ups, April 2026
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Pileated Woodpecker. Photo © Elton Loewen. Great Blue Heron. Photo © Jane Flournoy Black-crowned Night Heron. Photo. © Janelle Sykora. Honeybee. Photo ©...
Plastic Bag Bees
Those bees make plastic bags!?! I’m going to have to see that for myself!
Pictures & Poems, April 2026
Drawings and a poem from our young readers.
Busted Buster is Getting Better
Kerwhomp! My car whacked into Buster before he could figure out why the moon was so bright.