Let’s Take A Hike : Sharp-Tailed Grouse (photo) / Chris Walter. p. 2
The Birders’ Trail : Feeding the Birds / Aden Troyer. p. 3
From the Editor’s Quill / Kevin Shank. p. 4
Scavenger Hunt. p. 4
Invisibles / Lois Tschetter. p. 5
A Falcon for Christmas / Dale Meyerhoeffer. p. 6
Pictures & Poems : Keel-Billed Toucan / Brianna Leapley. p. 8
Wondernose : Wildlife Wondernose Question #184: What Bird Eats Like a Whale? / Rebecca Martin. p. 10
Creation Close-Ups. p. 12
The Mailbox. p. 13
You Can Draw : A Hummingbord from August. p. 14
You Can Draw : A Great Horned Owl / Judy Kauffman. p. 15
Chickadee Winter / Devin Presnell. p. 16
Cane-Cutter Cottontail / Beverly J. Letchworth. p. 18
God’s Wonder–A Solar Eclipse / Malissa Weaver. p. 20
Otters at Play / Nan Christensen. p. 22
Snowy Moments / Rynelle Penner. p. 24
Hand-Feeding Birds / Carys O’Neal . p. 25
Learning by Doing : Making a Gravity Machine / Sheldon Fox. p. 25
Birds in the Mix / Autumn Horning. p. 26
End of the Trail : Sierra Valley California / Millie Dotta. p. 27
Editors: Kevin & Bethany Shank
Nature Friend, Vol. 35, No. 12, December 2017, monthly, $40, 28 pages. ISSN: 0888-4862
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