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Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking Outside the Box

by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, 10 October Bonus Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Owls, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

Box? Did you say box? The large owl was sitting on a branch, silhouetted against a gorgeous sunset of orange and reds. The branch he was on, the trunk he was beside, were flawless—splendid props for this photo that was only etched in my imagination.How can a person...
My Wonderful Adventure

My Wonderful Adventure

by Ezra Looy | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Finches, Crossbills, & Grosbeaks, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Nuthatches, Owls, Warblers, Woodpeckers, Wrens

Blue-winged Warbler. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Before I started my twenty-four-hour birding adventure, I knelt beside our creek and looked into the water. As I did, I prayed for a successful birding day, and I thanked God for the opportunity to do this contest.To start,...
Birding Along the Linville Creek

Birding Along the Linville Creek

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,...
June 2022, End of the Trail: Great Horned Owl

June 2022, End of the Trail: Great Horned Owl

by Hezekiah Swihart | Jun 4, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Birds, End of the Trail, Owls

Great Horned Owl scratchboard art. Artwork © Hezekiah Swihart.
In Search of Spring

In Search of Spring

by Mary Miller | Jun 3, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Shorebirds

Great Horned Owlets. Photo © Kevin Shank. My sister Malinda and I teach in a school in northern Indiana. One evening last spring, we visited one of the school families. We knew they often went back to the swamp beyond their neighbor’s woods to watch the woodcocks in...
Wild Bird Art Contest Graphite Pencil Winners

Wild Bird Art Contest Graphite Pencil Winners

by Kevin Shank | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Contest, Owls, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Woodpeckers

First Place Winner Great Horned Owl. Artwork © Lynette Miller, 17. Second Place Winner Wood Duck pair. Artwork © Reuben Miller, 16. Third Place Winner Red-bellied Woodpecker. Artwork © Laura Smucker, 15.
Pictures & Poems, March 2022

Pictures & Poems, March 2022

by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems

End of the Trail, October 2021: Great Horned Owl

End of the Trail, October 2021: Great Horned Owl

by Marilyn Newswanger | Oct 16, 2021 | 2021, 10 October Bonus Reader's Issue, Birds, End of the Trail, Owls

©Marilyn Newswanger, Orchard, IA

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