by Kevin Shank | Nov 1, 2023 | 2023, 11 November, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Deer and Antelope, Mammals, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Wildflowers
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by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Lizards, Mammals, Owls, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Rodents, Wrens
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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...
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,...
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,...
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.
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...
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.
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems
by Marilyn Newswanger | Oct 16, 2021 | 2021, 10 October Bonus Reader's Issue, Birds, End of the Trail, Owls
©Marilyn Newswanger, Orchard, IA
