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“Zzuss!”

“Zzuss!”

Sep 1, 2023

View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine “Zzuss—zzuss…” The alarm call rings through the silent forest. A bird, startled, leaves his branch and watches from a new perch. “Zzuss, zzuss, zzuss!”...

Grizzlies Abroad!

Grizzlies Abroad!

Jul 1, 2023

View the July 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Grizzly bear. Photo © Amelia Martin/Dreamstime.com. Ah! A camping place to stay!We arrived early in the afternoon, tired of haphazard camping and a stuffed...

The Life of a Cheetah

The Life of a Cheetah

Jun 1, 2023

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Cheetah. Photo © Stu Porter/Dreamstime.com. Carefully Mother Cheetah hid her six cubs in a clump of withered savanna grass so no marauding lion or hyena...

Birthday Surprise

Birthday Surprise

May 1, 2023

View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Black bear. Photo © Anthony Burkholder. One warm summer evening in September, my family was outside eating my little brother’s birthday cake. Suddenly my...

The Day a Fox Visited

The Day a Fox Visited

May 1, 2023

View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Red Fox. Photo © Joshua Lloyd. One summer morning Michaela went outside to feed our mini lop bunnies. She had the feeling that something was watching her,...

Bear Country Camping

Bear Country Camping

May 1, 2023

View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Photo © Elise Weaver. One Sunday afternoon after church, Dad took my sisters and me on an overnight camping trip. We packed our backpacks with sleeping bags,...