Rainbow Lorikeet Lowry Park Zoo 12-31-15 by Lee
“Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
(Ezekiel 1:28 NKJV)
Avian and Attributes – Rainbow
RA’INBOW, n. A bow, or an arch of a circle, consisting of all the colors formed by the refraction and reflection of rays of light from drops of rain or vapor, appearing in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun. When the sun is at the horizon, the rainbow is a semicircle. The rainbow is called also iris.
The moon sometimes forms a bow or arch of light, more faint than that formed by the sun, and called lunar rainbow. Similar bows at sea are called marine rainbows or sea bows.
Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) by Ian
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet by Lee at Zoo Tampa
Rainbow Pitta
Rainbow Pitta-Australia-Birdway
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Rainbow Starfrontlet ©Brendan Ryan Flickr
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) ©Flickr Jei Pov
Birds whose first or last name starts with “R”
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[Definitions from Webster’s Dictionary of American English (1828), unless noted. Bird info from Wikipedia plus.]
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