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2026
Lessons From the “Students”
You have likely learned, by now, that a “student” Red-shouldered Hawk has kept me entertained as I prepared this issue…
Focus Illustrated, August 2026
Reader’s photo illustrating the July 2026 photo lesson.
Favorite Focus, August 2026
Enjoy recent favorite photos from our readers!
Caption This Elk
Submit your caption for this massive elk bugling!
Capture the Splash
Photographing Water Splashes with Minimal Equipment View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Water droplets. Photo © Anna Boggs. Utterly bored, I stared out at the blinding snow until my eyes...
Hercules
M13. Photo © Reinhold Wittich/Dreamstime.com. Hercules, the Strongman, is a large constellation that lies straight east of Bootes, the constellation we focused on last month. If you imagine a line...
Tips to Birds
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Swainson's Warbler singing from a branch. Photo © epantha|iStockphoto.com. What was Cheryl telling Bethany? We were at a family reunion in Kentucky, and...
Invisibles, July 2026: White-tailed Deer
Find the hidden objects in this drawing of a white-tailed buck in velvet!
A Bee’s Life
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Honeycomb with worker bees caring for larvae. Photo © Inventori|iStockphoto.com. On a warm day in June, a queen bee was busy laying eggs. One of these...
Pictures & Poems, July 2026
Enjoy this artwork and poetry from our young readers!
In Which a Promethea Silk Moth Life Flashes Before My Eyes
Do buttonbushes grow near where you live? If so, perhaps you’ve found them to be butterfly magnets like I have…
Creation Close-ups, July 2026
Enjoy these photos from our readers’ close-up moments with nature!
You Can Draw a Butterflyfish Submissions
Enjoy these submissions for You Can Draw a Butterflyfish!
You Can Draw a Southern Bell Frog
In five steps, you can draw this southern bell frog too!