Southern flying squirrel. Photo © Tony Campbell/Dreamstime.com. For several years, my siblings and I have been setting our live trap, curious as to what we might find. Often the peanut butter has...
Mammals
Creation Close-ups, November 2023
Pictures & Poems, November 2023
You Can Draw a Grizzly Bear
Caption This Wolf
"Call me doggie one more time!" Photo © Kjetil Kolbjomsrud|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the March issue, along...
Composition Considerations
Now that you have a subject in your viewfinder, what makes a pleasing composition?The answers will vary, and usually there is not a right/wrong way. First of all, what is being photographed? If it...
You Can Draw a White Rhinoceros Submissions
Creation Close-ups, October 2023
Hightown, in Highland County, Virginia. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Black bear. Photo ©Heather Eveleth. Common Raccoons. Photo © Allen Miller. Fall leaves. Photo ©Melissa Stauffer.
Wondernose: What animal has the biggest families among the mammals—up to twenty-one in a litter?
You say your dad’s sows sometimes have even more piglets than that at a time? All right, Wondernose, I’m not thinking of domesticated animals. And our mystery animal is much smaller than a sow....
Pictures & Poems, October 2023
Otters in the Pond
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine River otter. Photo © Landewarphotography/Dreamstime.com. One nice, sunny midsummer morning my dad told me to go back to the pond and start our irrigation...
Rabbits Revealed
Eastern cottontail. Photo © Dreamstime.com. As I stepped out the shop door, a rabbit streaked out from under my feet. I stopped in my tracks and backed slowly into the shop. After telling Dad, I...
Exploring Nature, October 2023
Bull elk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The elk are still bugling. Brown and brook trout are spawning. Wild ginseng is ready for harvest. Check local laws. Bobwhite Quail live in coveys from autumn to...
End of the Trail, October 2023: White-tailed Buck
White-tailed buck. Photo © Joseph Thompson.
