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From the Editor’s Quill, September 2023
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Invisibles, September 2023: Downy Woodpecker
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Rock Wren Record
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Rock Wren. Photo © Zack Abbey / CC-BY-4.0. The parking lot was full. People milled around, all carrying binoculars, spotting scopes, or cameras. We...
Packrat Treasures
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Bushy-tailed woodrat. Photo © Melani Wright|Dreamstime.com. So often when people hear the word “rat,” they shudder and think of the big black rats in the...
Measuring the Universe—How Astronomers Try
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Stellar parallax diagram. The claims that modern-day astronomers make about the size of the universe seem almost unbelievable. To better understand the...
Mailbox, September 2023
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Wondernose: What animal is half cat and half weasel?
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Now, Wondernose, you must understand I’m not saying our mystery animal actually is part cat and part weasel. I am only describing what it looks like....
You Can Draw a Wolf Pup
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You Can Draw a White-tailed Doe & Fawn Submissions
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Let’s Take a Hike, September 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. We had barely finished photographing the nest featured in the August issue, when Cheryl spotted...
“Zzuss!”
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!”...
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2023
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Creation Close-ups, September 2023
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Covers, September 2023
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In Our Skies, September 2023: Annular Solar Eclipse
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine You’ve probably noticed that the Moon appears larger when it lies just above the horizon. This is just an optical illusion. However, the Moon actually...
