Let’s Take A Hike : Broad-billed Tody (photo) / Jans Beekman. p. 2
The Birders’ Trail : Name That Tune / Chris Yoars. p. 3
From the Editor’s Quill / Kevin Shank. p. 4
Invisibles / Lois Tschetter. p. 5
Our Rare Bird Feeder Visitors / Laurie Ann Auker. p. 6
Camp & Cabin Story : Grandma’s Grease / Laurie Ann Auker as told by Susan Zimmerman. p. 7
Pictures & Poems : December. p. 8
Nature’s Gems / Loretta Martin. p. 9
Wondernose : Wildlife Wondernose Question #172: What Fish Can Burrow Into the Mud and Survive When a Stream Dries Up? / Rebecca Martin. p. 10
“An Apple A Day…” / Bonnie Highsmith Taylor. p. 12
The Mailbox. p. 13
You Can Draw : A White Admiral from August. p. 14
You Can Draw : Winter Chickadees / Judy Kauffman. p. 15
Owl Masters / Beverly J. Letchworth. p. 16
Flamingos / Kaylinda Oberholtzer. p. 17
Creation Close-Ups. p. 21
Learning By Doing : Making a Birch Bark Canoe / Joyce Tschetter. p. 24
Winter Crossword (puzzle) / Miriam Steenson. p. 26.
End of the Trail : Niagara Falls (photo) / Martina Reyneveld. p. 27
Editors: Kevin & Bethany Shank
Nature Friend, Vol. 34, No. 12, December 2016, monthly, $40, 28 pages. ISSN: 0888-4862
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