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
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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
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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 & Flies, 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...
