by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Bald Eagle nest. Photo © Melody Burkholder. Scott’s Oriole. Photo © Katherine Hawk. A clouded sulphur butterfly visits a prairie verbena. Photo © Matthew Dzhalovskiy.
by Kevin Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Birds, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Reptiles & Amphibians
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by Titus Nierwienski | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Articles & Stories, Birds, The Birders' Trail, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
View the December 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Snow Geese flying. Photo © Matt Anderson/Dreamstime.com. One sunny day we decided to go to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. After driving a ways, we stopped and watched an assortment of ducks in some mud puddles. But...
by Isaiah Wenger, 13 | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Flycatchers, Kingfishers, Owls, Warblers
Spring Migration Bird Contest Second Place Linville Creek. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The clock read 11:30 a.m. I was curled up on the couch flipping through the latest issue of Nature Friend, when the Spring Migration Bird Contest caught my attention. Eagerly I read,...
by Lois Tschetter | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Birds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Invisibles, Puzzle
by Christopher Raber, 10 | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Fish, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Story Contest
by Kevin Shank | Jan 10, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Birds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems
by Lyndon Zook | Dec 31, 2021 | 2022, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Birds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, The Birders' Trail
Bald Eagle approaching nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. On May 24, a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my dad, my brothers, and I headed off on an excursion. After hearing about a Bald Eagle nest about fifteen minutes from our place, we were eager to see it for ourselves....
by Dorcas Whetstone | Dec 1, 2021 | 2021, 12 December, Articles & Stories, Birds, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, The Birders' Trail, Warblers, Woodpeckers
Sharp-shinned Hawk, © Joseph WhetstoneHairy Woodpecker, © Joseph WhetstoneBald Eagle, © Janet Whetstone “Oh! Look at those Cedar Waxwings!” Joseph exclaimed. Less than ten minutes into our bird count day, we were pleased to spot six Cedar Waxwings. They soaked in the...
by Aden Troyer | Oct 22, 2021 | 2021, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Birds, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, The Birders' Trail
by Kevin Shank | May 13, 2021 | 2021, 06, June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Pictures and Poems