by Kevin Shank | Nov 1, 2023 | 2023, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Bats, Deer and Antelope, Flies, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Planthoppers, Plants & Fungi, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Wildflowers
View the November 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Now that you have a subject in your viewfinder, what makes a pleasing composition?The answers will vary, and usually there is not a right/wrong way. First of all, what is being photographed? If it is going to move,...
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, 10 October, Deer and Antelope, Mammals
View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine White-tailed buck. Photo © Joseph Thompson.
by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Deer and Antelope, Mailbox, You Can Draw Lesson, You Can Draw, Submissions
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, 07 July, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Carnivores, Creation Close-ups, Deer and Antelope, Mammals
View the July 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Estella See | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Deer and Antelope, Mammals
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine White-tailed deer fawn. Photo © Estella See. Summer zephyrs danced through the woods, telling me to come join their play. The tranquil morning sounds were abruptly broken by harsh cawing coming from the back of our woods.Hmm,...
by Michelle Beidler | May 1, 2023 | 2023, 05 May Story Contest, Deer and Antelope, Mammals, You Can Draw Lesson
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Lois Tschetter | May 1, 2023 | 2023, 05 May Story Contest, Deer and Antelope, Invisibles, Mammals, Puzzle
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2023 | 2023, 02 February, Birds, Canines, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Deer and Antelope, Elephants, Hares, Rabbits, & Pikas, Mammals, Nuthatches, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2023 | 2023, 02 February, Deer and Antelope, End of the Trail, Mammals
View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Two white-tailed deer pose for Mary Moore, as she captured their portraits in a winter woods. Photo © Mary Moore.
by Clara Detweiler | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Birds, Mammals, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Every Monday and Thursday morning my co-teacher and I meet on the road somewhere between her house and mine for a pleasant walk to school on the opposite end of the community.Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evening, we...
by Kevin Shank | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, 11 November, Creation Close-ups, Mammals
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine
by Kevin Shank | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, 10 October Bonus Readers' Issue, Birds, Gamebirds, Mammals, Woodpeckers
by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Let's Take a Hike, Mammals
White-tailed fawn, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park. This fawn was a delightful interruption to our reading your contest stories.
by Kevin Shank | Jun 3, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Mailbox, Mammals
by Kevin Shank | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Mammals, Thrushes
by Joas Martin, 9 | May 1, 2022 | 2022, 05 May Story Contest, Articles & Stories, Contest, Mammals, Story Contest
One day my brother James was going along the road when he saw a fawn in the woods. He went over to it, and it just stayed there, so he petted it. It was a very nice fawn.Some days later Mother was going that same way, and it came out of the woods again. Then another...
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Bees, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Pigeons & Doves, Reptiles & Amphibians
by Kevin Shank | Dec 31, 2021 | 2022, 01 January, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Larks, Mammals, Owls, Saltwater, Water Life
by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2021 | 2021, 12 December, Birds, Gamebirds, Mammals
Ptarmigan. Photo © Kerry Hargrove/Dreamstime.com. White-tailed deer. Photo © Justinhoffmanoutdoors/Dreamstime.com.
by Kevin Shank | Dec 1, 2021 | 2021, 12 December, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Chickadees & Titmice, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems
by Kevin Shank | Oct 30, 2021 | 2021, 11 November, Birds, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Reptiles & Amphibians, Woodpeckers
by Liam Beheler, 12 | Oct 22, 2021 | 2021, 10 October Bonus Reader's Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Gamebirds, Learning By Doing, Mammals
Elusive, secretive, camouflaged. This perfectly describes the bobcat, one of North America’s smallest wildcats. My first glimpse of a bobcat was from my deer stand one chilly October evening, ten minutes before dark. A shadow trotted up the hill along gurgling Little...
by Kevin Shank | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021, 09 September, Let's Take a Hike, Mammals
White-tailed doe with fawns. Photo © John Meyer.
by Dale Meyerhoeffer | May 21, 2021 | 2021, 06, June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Freshwater, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Mammals, Nature Nugget, Reptiles & Amphibians
Spring was on the calendar and in the air. Bright sunshine, warm temperatures, and clear blue skies beckoned winter-weary children of all ages outdoors to enjoy God’s beautiful creation. River Otter. Photo © Lacy/Dreamstime.com. After a long day of work, I was eager...
