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Pictures & Poems, March 2023

Pictures & Poems, March 2023

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023, 03 March, Art Contest, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Contest, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Hummingbirds, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Shorebirds, Stilts and Avocets, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes

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Winter Warbler Wonder

Winter Warbler Wonder

by Cheryl Shank | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Birds, The Birders' Trail, Warblers

View the January Nature Friend Magazine MacGillivray’s Warbler. Photo © Cheryl Shank. I reread the checklist comments: “Potential MacGillivray’s or COWA/MOWA…Found and photographed better the next day. Confirmed MacGillivray’s.” The words sparkled with...
What Bird am I?

What Bird am I?

by Myron Martin | Jan 1, 2023 | 2023, 01 January, Birds, Matching, Puzzle

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Baby House Finch’s Adventure

Baby House Finch’s Adventure

by Ryan M. Kurtz, 13 | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Finches, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks, Story Contest

Baby House Finch is only slightly aware of his surroundings. Instinct tells him he must get out! Frantically he pecks at the shell imprisoning him. At last he lies back, exhausted. After a short rest, he is at it again. He pecks and pecks for what seems like hours....
Our Birding Day

Our Birding Day

by Seth Good, 8 | Mar 3, 2022 | Articles & Stories, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Nuthatches, Pigeons & Doves, Sparrows, Thrushes, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Woodpeckers, Wrens

Sunday dawned a beautiful morning. The first birds I saw were cardinals—male and female. There were Chipping, English, and House Sparrows at the feeder. Out the kitchen window I saw a Junco and a Mourning Dove. At the feeder there were now starlings and Brown-headed...
Birding Bonanza

Birding Bonanza

by Eugene Martin | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Birds, Chickadees & Titmice, Contest, Finches, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Vireos

Sharp-shinned Hawk. Photo © Kevin Shank. Slowly I walked down beside the row of trees—binoculars, field guide, pen, and paper in my hand, drinking in the beauty of the predawn morning. A killdeer called even before I got to my secluded little circle beside the placid...
How to Make a Porch Light Birdhouse

How to Make a Porch Light Birdhouse

by Jonas Esh | Jan 10, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Birds, Learning By Doing

House Wren. Photo © Kevin Shank. Find a wall-mount porch light.Take the top off.If the wiring is still in the light, tear the wiring out.Take the panes of glass out.Spray the panes of glass with spray paint. Any color will do. I used gold for mine.Find a piece of...
Any New Birds?

Any New Birds?

by Carolyn Nolt, 16, East Berlin, PA | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, 03, March, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, The Birders' Trail

It just feels like snow out here, I thought. Low-hanging gray clouds filled the sky like an oppressive blanket. Not a breath of air stirred the few maple leaves scattered on the ground. Even the woods seemed strangely silent. I pulled my coat tighter around me and...
Birding at Horicon

Birding at Horicon

by Ethan Pluimer, 11, Sherwood, WI | Mar 25, 2021 | 2021, 04, April, Birds, The Birders' Trail

Black-necked Stilt. Photo © Birdiegal717/dreamstime.com. One warm June afternoon, my friend and I were birding at Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area. Horicon is an extremely large marsh, and rare birds often show up there. I had come well-prepared, and I expected to see a...

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