Conker Nature Magazine - February 2024: The Wildlife Edition Issue 2

FEBRUARY 2024 ISSUE 02

Wild Wing A CANDID GLIMPSE AT WILDLIFE

From the life of birds

THE WILDLIFE EDITION

Winter in Montana

Majestic Animals

FRONT COVER BY PHOTOGRAPHER MARC SCHMITTBUHL

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INSIDE COVER PHOTOGRAPHER: MAXIM KRYWONOS IG:@PEAKPOINTSHOTS WWW.MAXIMKRYWONOS.COM

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CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 2024

06 MAJESTIC ANIMALS

PHOTOGRAPHER: MARC SCHMITTBUHL IG: @MARCSCHMITTBUHLPHOTO WB: MARCSPHOTO.COM

16 WINTER IN MONTANA

PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER: WARREN DIGNEN IG:@WARREN

IN THE WINTER FOREST 24 AATWALK SUNSET PHOTOGRAPHER: OLGA SMIRNOVA IG:@OLGASMMIRNOVA

30 WILDLIFE MOMENTS

PHOTOGRAPHER: MAXIM KRYWONOS IG:@PEAKPOINTSHOTS WWW.MAXIMKRYWONOS.COM

38 WINTER WILDLIFE

PHOTOGRAPHER:ADAM WILLIAMS TWITTER: @NATURE_221

42 WINTER FOREST

PHOTOGRAPHER: ALEKSEY GORIN IG:@AL.GORITM FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM TW: WWW.TWITTER.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM WWW.PINTEREST.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM WWW.TIKTOK.COM/@GMAIL.COM WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM

44 NALCHIK CITY PHOTOGRAPHER: LIUDMILA EVSTRATOVA IG:@LUDMILA_EVSTRATOVA07

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50 A CANDID GLIMPSE AT WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER: SARAH CROUSER IG:@SCROUSER.PHOTOS

WINTER WONDERLAND WAS 58 THE DISRUPTED BY THE SOUND OF A MOTORCYCLE

PHOTOGRAPHER: VITALIY LISCHINSKIY IG:@VITALIYLISCHINSKI WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/VITALIY.LISCHINSKIY WB: HTTPS://LISCHINSKIPHOTO.COM

66 WILD WING CREATIVE DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER: NATALLIA STANKEVICH IG:@NATALLIASTANKEVICH WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NATALLIA.STANKEVICH

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Majestic Animals PHOTOGRAPHER: MARC SCHMITTBUHL IG:@MARCSCHMITTBUHLPHOTO WB: HTTPS://MARCSPHOTO.COM

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Winter in Montana PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER WARREN DIGNEN IG:@WARREN

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A Walk in the winter forest at sunset PHOTOGRAPHER: OLGA SMIRNOVA IG:@OLGASMMIRNOVA

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Wildlife Moments PHOTOGRAPHER: MAXIM KRYWONOS IG:@PEAKPOINTSHOTS WWW.MAXIMKRYWONOS.COM

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WINTER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER:ADAM WILLIAMS TWITTER: @NATURE_221

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Winter forest PHOTOGRAPHER: ALEKSEY GORIN IG:@AL.GORITM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM WWW.TWITTER.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM WWW.PINTEREST.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM WWW.TIKTOK.COM/@GMAIL.COM WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/KETAMIN01@GMAIL.COM

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A CANDID GLIMPSE AT WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER: SARAH CROUSER IG:@SCROUSER.PHOTOS

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Wild Wing CREATIVE DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER NATALLIA STANKEVICH IG:@NATALLIASTANKEVICH WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NATALLIA.STANKEVICH

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From the life of birds PHOTOGRAPHER: NORA CHEPRASOVA IG:@NORACHEPRASOVA

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CROWS PHOTOGRAPHER: OXANA MIKHAILOVA IG:@OXAMIX.PHOTO WB:MISS.OKSI97@YANDEX.RU

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PHOTOGRAPHER: SARAH CROUSER IG:@SCROUSER.PHOTOS

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