by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Canines, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Rodents
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2023 | 2023, 04 April, Art Contest, Birds, Contest, Plants & Fungi, Thrushes, Trees, Wildflowers
View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Moonflower. Artwork © Emily Hulbert. Red-winged Blackbird on cattails. Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Dogwood Dawn. Artwork © Hannah Stoltzfus.
by Mary Ella and John Mark Ramer | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Birds, Plants & Fungi, Water Life, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Wildflowers
Marsh with wild phlox. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The twists and turns of the Big Spring are a water-life paradise. Flowing, rippling watercress and waving mosses grow in the waters. The clear “ok-a-ree!” of the Red-winged Blackbird wafts frequently from the cattail...
by Daniel Murray | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Chickadees & Titmice, Contest, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Waxwings
Spring Migration Bird Contest Grand Prize It is a typical Monday morning at work in mid-May. The weather has finally dried out following the wettest April on record, and the sun is trying to peak through the clouds. I am trimming and cabling a large Bloodgood maple in...
by Kevin Shank | Sep 6, 2021 | 2021, 09 September, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Favorite Focus, Hummingbirds, Reptiles & Amphibians, Study Guide
See “Focus Illustrated, September 2021, for spider photo mentioned above.
by Danny Gilliam | Apr 3, 2021 | 2021, 02, February, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Creation Close-ups, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Woodpeckers
Great Blue Heron photos © Danny Gilliam. Background adult alligator photo © Allen Shank.