(540) 867-0764
  • LOGIN
  • Account Lookup
  • Give a Gift
  • Print Gift Announcement
  • Store
0 Items
Nature Friend Magazine
  • Magazine
  • Nature
    • Astronomy
      • Conjunctions
      • Constellations
      • Eclipses
      • Meteors
      • Nebulas
      • Planets
      • Telescopes & Accessories
    • Birds
      • See Bird Articles
      • Birds by Category
      • Search by Species
      • Warblers
    • Crustaceans & Mollusks
    • Insects & Arachnids
      • Ants
      • Bees & Flies
      • Beetles
      • Butterflies, Moths & Skippers
      • Spiders
    • Mammals
      • Marsupials
    • Plants & Fungi
    • Reptiles & Amphibians
    • Rocks, Minerals & Metals
    • Trees
    • Water Life
      • Freshwater
      • Saltwater
  • Activities & Crafts
    • Invisibles
    • Puzzles
      • Acrostic
      • Crosswords
      • Word Search
    • Recipes
  • Art & Photos
    • Photo Lessons
    • Photo Library
    • You Can Draw
      • You Can Draw, Submissions
  • Contests & Events
    • In Progress
    • Past Contests & Events
    • Photo Contests
      • Focus Illustrated
      • The Photo Focus
    • Story Contests
  • Subscribe
Select Page
Pictures & Poems, July 2023

Pictures & Poems, July 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Gamebirds, Kingfishers, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Plants & Fungi, Swallows, Wildflowers

View the July 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
The Belted Kingfisher

The Belted Kingfisher

by Marlene Burkholder | May 1, 2023 | 2023, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Kingfishers, Story Contest

View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Belted Kingfisher at nest. Photos © Marlene Burkholder. One sunny May morning, I saw two kingfishers! I assumed they were just flying around and wouldn’t stay long. To my surprise, they seemed to be staying around. They would...
English Class Was “For the Birds”

English Class Was “For the Birds”

by Daniel Murray | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Chickadees & Titmice, Contest, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Waxwings

Spring Migration Bird Contest Grand Prize It is a typical Monday morning at work in mid-May. The weather has finally dried out following the wettest April on record, and the sun is trying to peak through the clouds. I am trimming and cabling a large Bloodgood maple in...
Pictures & Poems, June 2022

Pictures & Poems, June 2022

by Kevin Shank | Jun 3, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Kingfishers, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes

“Our Kingfisher?”

“Our Kingfisher?”

by Andrea LaBelle, 16 | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Kingfishers, Story Contest

It was the beginning of warmer weather, when the changing day length tells birds to begin their migration back north.This is a time that my family looks forward to, not only because we enjoy the warmth, but because we like the birds.Yes, birds.We have a pond in our...
The Comical Kingfisher

The Comical Kingfisher

by David J. Belleau | Apr 3, 2021 | 2021, 02, February, Articles & Stories, Birds, Kingfishers

Silently I walked through the trees, toward the lake. On the shore stood a bird-watching blind. I stepped inside and sat down to watch. A male Belted Kingfisher leaving its nest. Photo © Kevin Shank With a soft thump, something landed on the roof. What could it be? I...
Covers, February 2021

Covers, February 2021

by Scott Linstead and Steven Smith | Apr 3, 2021 | 2021, 02, February, Birds, Chickadees & Titmice, Covers, Kingfishers

Front cover: Belted Kingfisher with a minnow. Photo © Scott Linstead. Back Cover: Carolina Chickadees on Norway Spruce accented with hawthorne. Photo © Steven Smith.

Cart

Search Products

Product Categories

  • Birding
  • Bookstore
  • Extras
  • Games
  • Optics
    • Binoculars
    • Sky-Watcher
    • Spotting Scopes
    • Telescopes
    • Thermal Imager Monoculars
    • Vortex

Activities & Crafts

  • Invisibles
  • Puzzles
  • Recipes

Contests & Events

  • Contests & Events
  • Story Contests
  • Photo Contests

Join Us

  • Subscribe
  • Renew Your Subscription
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Customer Service
  • Return Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Magazine

  • About Us
  • From the Editor's Quill
  • Sample Issues
  • Change an Address
  • Testimonials
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
© 2022 Nature Friend Magazine. Website design by Aqua Vita.

Sample Issues

  • View Sample Issues

Articles

  • View All Articles

Magazine Features

  • Caption This
  • Covers
  • Creation Close-ups
  • Editor's Quill
  • Exploring Nature
  • In Our Skies
  • Invisibles
  • Learning by Doing
  • Let's Take a Hike
  • Nature Nugget
  • Pictures & Poems
  • The Birder's Trail
  • The Heavens Declare God's Glory
  • Wondernose
  • You Can Draw

Study Guide

  • Camp & Cabin Cookin'
  • Exploring Our Skies
  • Nature-Friendly Gardening
  • Creative Writing Lessons
  • Puzzles
  • The Photo Focus

Puzzles

  • Acrostic
  • Crossword
  • Matching
  • Scavenger Hunt
  • Unscramble
  • Word Search

Subscribe / Renew

  • Subscribe
  • Renew
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Print Gift Announcement

Issues

  • 2022
  • Issues by Year

Contributors

  • Reader Contributions
  • Freelance Photo Guidelines
  • Freelance Writer Guidelines
  • Tips for Getting Published