A photograph I took, with the story, mailed to your door.

Every month I send one picture from the field — a barred owlet at Radnor Lake, a heron working the shallows at first light, a fox that held still just long enough. It’s printed as a postcard, numbered, and I include the story of the encounter before it goes in the mail.

The back also carries the animal and the park it was found in, so a card that ends up on a refrigerator door or in a shoebox still says what it is five years from now.

No stock photos. No AI. Every card is a real sighting, photographed in the Southeast by one person with one camera.

What arrives

• One numbered photo postcard, printed on heavy card stock
• A note on the back of the encounter, addressed to you by name
• The species and the park, printed under the note
• Mailed the 8th of every month. Initial purchase – a postcard is sent immediately.

Who is this for

Adults and kids that collect things and want to open up a new window to the natural world around them. It sure is fun to leave the pixels behind and get something physical in the mail that grounds you back to nature.

How the mail works

Order today and your first postcard goes in the mail right away — you’re not waiting until the 8th to get something. Every mailing after that leaves on the 8th of the month. U.S. addresses. [Postage cost included in price.]

Want the whole story behind the picture? The Field Dispatch sends the same month’s animal with a letter about what it was doing and a map of the spot — and the postcard comes unused, so your kid can mail it to someone else. [See the Field Dispatch →]