Creation Close-ups, October 2023

by Shaphan Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Bears, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Raccoons & Coatis

View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Hightown, in Highland County, Virginia. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Black bear. Photo ©Heather Eveleth. Common Raccoons. Photo © Allen Miller. Fall leaves. Photo ©Melissa Stauffer.

Creation Close-ups, July 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Deer and Antelope, Mammals

View the July 2023 Nature Friend Magazine

Birthday Surprise

by Anthony Burkholder | May 1, 2023 | 2023, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Carnivores, Contest, Mammals, Story Contest

View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Black bear. Photo © Anthony Burkholder. One warm summer evening in September, my family was outside eating my little brother’s birthday cake. Suddenly my mother shaded her eyes and exclaimed, “What is that?”We all looked and...

Pictures and Poems, October 2022

by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, 10 October Bonus Readers' Issue, Birds, Gamebirds, Mammals, Woodpeckers

Creation Close-ups, February 2022: Black Bear

by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Bees, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Pigeons & Doves, Reptiles & Amphibians

Covers, March 2021

by Kevin Shank | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021, 03, March, Caption This, Covers, Mammals

Front Cover: Wolf in snow. Photo © Holly Kuchera/Dreamstime.com. Back cover: Caption This Black Bear. Photo © Dreamstime.com.