Can you find the hidden objects in this drawing of a bighorn sheep?
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Pictures & Poems, September 2026
Enjoy this artwork from our young readers!
Even New Mexico Has Birds
Birding With Friends Second Place Winner View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Daniel Martin. The early morning air was fresh and cool. Dark trees loomed around two gray forms moving...
Creation Close-ups, September 2026
Enjoy these nature moments from our readers!
You Can Draw a Tiger Swallowtail Submissions
Enjoy these submissions for You Can Draw a Tiger Swallowtail!
You Can Draw a Chipmunk
In three steps, you can draw this chipmunk too!
Birding ‘Round the Clock
I sat down at my desk and started writing as fast as I could hear them…
Caption This Painted Bunting
Submit your favorite caption for this Painting Bunting on ice.
The Milky Way
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Milky Way over Straker Lake. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. The Milky Way is a very ordinary-sounding name for an extraordinary subject. It describes the...
In Our Skies, September and October 2026
A calendar of astronomical events
Opportunity Day
I had been discouraged about birding this spring, until that morning…
Mushroom Hunt
Find the mushroom names hidden in these sentences.
Study Guide Puzzles, September 2026
Practice identifying challenging fall warblers!
Skunk Spray Go Away!
It was with less humor and more odor, that we dutifully prepared a skunk story for Nature Friend, that evening in 2008…
What Is a Hug From God?
“Let’s go for a walk!”
Ah! I used to be a part of that…