Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE RED WING BLACK BIRD - THE BIRD OF SOCIETY THE BLACKBIRD. “I could not think so plain a bird Could sing so fine a song.” One on another against the wall Pile up the books—I am done with them all; I [...]
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Birds Vol 1 #2 – The Red-Wing Black Bird
Posted in From The Past, Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Photography, Christian, Icteridae, Blackbird, Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol 1 #2 February 1897 on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Birds Vol 1 #2 – The Kingfisher – The Lone Fisherman
Posted in Birds, Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, From The Past, tagged Alcedinidae, Birdwatching, Christian, Creation, Kingfisher, Nature, Photography, Vol 1 #2 February 1897 on February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE KINGFISHER. Dear Children: I shall soon arrive from the south. I hear that all the birds are going to tell stories to the boys and girls. I have never talked much with children myself for I never really cared for [...]
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Auckland and Campbell Islands Teal
Posted in Bird of the Week, tagged Anatidae, Auckland Islands, Bird of the Week, Birds, Birdwatching, Ian Montgomery, Nature, Photography, Teal on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ian’s Bird of the Week - Auckland and Campbell Islands Teal by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 2/16/12 The almost predator-free nature of the Sub-Antarctic Islands before the Europeans and their pests arrived is well illustrated by the existence of two closely-related flightless ducks on the Auckland and Campbell Islands. The first photo shows a male [...]
Birds Vol 1 #2 – The Swallow-tailed Indian Roller (Lilac-breasted, Racket-tailed or Abyssinian)
Posted in Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, From The Past, tagged Birds, Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Birdwatching, Christian, Coraciidae, Nature, Photography, Vol 1 #2 February 1897 on February 8, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE SWALLOW-TAILED INDIAN ROLLER. WALLOW-TAILED Indian Rollers are natives of Northeastern Africa and Senegambia, and also the interior of the Niger district. The bird is so called from its way of occasionally rolling or turning over in its flight, somewhat after [...]
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-necked Crake
Posted in Bird of the Week, tagged Australia, Birds, Birdwatching, Crake, Ian Montgomery, Kingfisher Park, Nature, Photography, Rallidae on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-necked Crake ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 2/7/12 Every serious birder has his/her bogey birds. We’re talking about ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’ here that is invisible in his/her presence, not golf scores even though competition for longest life list among ‘twitchers’ is sometimes disparagingly called ‘birding golf’. [...]





