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Nature
Covers, December 2023
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Let’s Take a Hike, December 2023: Woodpeckers
View the December 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Male Hairy Woodpecker (top) and female Downy Woodpecker (bottom). Photo © Alan Schroeder.
The Escapade
View the December 2023 Nature Friend Magazine “Slow and steady wins the race,” I rehearsed to myself for the who-knows-how-many-eth time as I inched my way around the splendid oak. With my chin to...
Birds
Animals
Covers, December 2023
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Insects & Arachnids
Mailbox, December 2023
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Water Life
Our Month of March
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I probably laughed out loud when I saw this foot-in-the-mouth shot. I have no idea where the “foot” comes from. Is it part of the critter? Many of you are...
Plants & Fungi
Yielding Seed After His Kind
View the November 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I like seed catalogs! There are few pastimes more pleasurable in a January snowstorm than to curl up in front of the wood stove with a steaming mug...
Reptiles & Amphibians
Creation Close-ups, September 2023
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Astronomy
Wondernose
Wondernose: What tree has needles and cones like an evergreen, yet sheds its leaves in the fall?
View the November 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Tamarack trees. Photo © Chloe7992|Dreamstime.com. Tamarack! You answer promptly, Wondernose, and you are correct. Another name, larch, would have been...
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature, May 2022
Ruffed Grouse eggs hatch in Virginia in late May. You may see them cross a forest road, if you drive through their habitat.May is peak migration for shorebirds at Cape May, New Jersey.The spring...