by Lilyana Page | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Female Common Grackle feeding a fledgling. Photo © Olivia Seger/Dreamstime.com. Out in the sunny yard, a Common Grackle flies toward the cedar shrub. Perching on top, she looks around cautiously. Suddenly, she pops into the...
by Joyce Horning | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Crustaceans & Mollusks, Freshwater, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Water Life
Mudpuppy. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Grandma stood on the flat top of the stone wall, enjoying the cool evening air. A small spring-fed stream lined with stone walls flowed through the yard, under the road, and into the meadow. Locals said the springs were so strong they...