by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023, 03 March, Art Contest, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Contest, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Hummingbirds, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Shorebirds, Stilts and Avocets, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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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 | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, 12 December, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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by Judah Yoder | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Thrushes, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Wood Duck drake swimming. Photo © Cheryl Shank. Slowly, quietly, yet steadily, I crept along, my binoculars in hand. Surely I can sneak in here without some duck, goose, or beaver announcing their displeasure at my...
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 Joanna Rufener | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, Crustaceans & Mollusks, Mammals, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
Water Workshop Grand Prize Woodland pond. Photo © Joanna Rufener. What goes on day and night at a calm, wooded pond in spring?It was a mystery to me, and this year I found out, thanks to Nature Friend’s Water Workshop. I wasn’t expecting half of the excitement.Less...
by Kevin Shank | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, 07 July, Articles & Stories, Birds, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
Floating waterfowl blind. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. Oh no, I thought, I didn’t put the flippers on my boots. I will have to wade back to the shore.After some awkward minutes trying to figure out flippers—how to secure them to wading boots, walk with them, and maneuver...
by Nathan Leinbach | Jun 6, 2022 | 2022, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
Waterfowl blind. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. One brisk morning at dawn, I drove toward the spot where I like to float my floating blind in the creek. I slipped on my waders and set my “ship” afloat.My “ship” is made of two pieces of 3”-thick foam board with a metal frame...
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 Rachel Chupp | Sep 2, 2021 | 2021, 09 September, Birds, Puzzle, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Word Search
by Kevin Shank | Mar 26, 2021 | 2021, 04, April, Pictures and Poems
