by Anna Boggs, Rural Retreat, VA | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Meteors
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Geminid meteor shower. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The December night was clear and bitterly cold. The freezing winter air burned my lungs as I stepped outside shortly after 10:00 p.m. Expectantly, I turned my face to the sky...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Beetles, Birds, Cuckoos, Flycatchers, Insects & Arachnids, Meteors, Nightjars, Warblers
Bolide with Tau Herculid meteor shower and fireflies. Photo © Cheryl Shank. I didn’t know birds talk in their sleep, but they surely must. About 12:30 a.m. an Ovenbird began to talk. Before long, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo made some comments of his own, too, and he kept...
by Swena Newswanger, 15 | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Contest, Meteors
Here in upstate New York, autumn was long and beautiful. This is December already, and some days are warm enough that even the bees decide to fly. But the other night something else was flying which aroused my interest and required me to lose some sleep.After making...
