“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:” (Romans 1:20 KJV)
“For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification], [Ps. 19: 1-4.]” (Romans 1:20 AMP)
Avian And Attributes is a new series for Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures. A good friend of mine, Rhonda Sawtelle, (Create a Positive Day), has been posting every day on her Facebook a different attribute of our Lord God. She has been going through them alphabetically. What if each day, we had a different attribute and a bird whose first or last name starts with that same letter. My challenge is to try to at least get through the alphabet at least once. Maybe several rounds.
Many of the definitions used for the Attributes of Our Lord God will come from Webster’s Dictionary of American English (1828) unless noted. The information on the featured Bird will be adopted from Wikipedia, plus occasional other noted sources.
** After going through twice, the latest articles are going through the birds alphabetical by the first name and using a more relaxed definition of “attribute” [In other words, I am pushing it a bit, yet the Lord’s behaviors and bird names that name the attribute or behavior are being used. **
It could be from Alpine Accentor to Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus). Stay tuned!
Avian and Attributes Articles:
A:
Admirable – Admirable Hummingbird
Always There (Omnipresent) – American Bittern
Ancient (of Days) – Ancient Murrelet
Apostle’s Teacher – Apostlebird
B:
Beautiful – Beautiful Firetail
Bountiful/Bountifully – Bounty Shag
Bush (Hosted God) – Bush Blackcap
C:
Clay (Potter) – Clay-colored Sparrow and Thrush
Cloud – Cloud Cisticola , Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl and C-F Screech Owl
Cook – Cook Reed Warbler, Cook’s Swift and Petrel
Creator – Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo
Creator – Creator of the Garden
Crowned I – First Four “Crowned” Birds – 1
Crowned II – Last Four “Crowned” Birds – 2
D:
Diademed – Diademed Amazon, Sandpiper-Plover, and Tapaculo
Diamond – Diamond Dove and Diamond Firetail
E:
Ensign – Emperor Bird-of-Paradise
F:
Friend/Friendly – Friendly Bush Warbler and Friendly Fantail
G:
Garden [Creator of The Garden] – Garden Emerald and Garden Warbler
Glistening – Glistening-green Tanager
Gracious – Graceful Honeyeater
H:
I:
J:
Justifier – Rufous-tailed Jacamar
K:
L:
Light – Light-mantled Albatross
Lord – Lord Derby and Lord Howe Birds
M:
Majestic – Magnificent Frigatebird
Mercy – Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Magnificent – Magnificent Birds
N:
Naked – Naked-faced Barbet and Spiderhunter
Name Above All Names – Common Nightingale
O:
Omnipresence – Orange-bellied Leafbird
P:
Providence – Parrot-billed Sparrow
Q:
Quickens – Resplendent Quetzal
Quiets Our Fears – Queen Carola’s Parotia
R:
Reed – Reed Cormorant and Parrotbill
S:
Stripes – Striped-backed Birds
Sword – Sword-billed Hummingbird
T:
Three (in One) – Three-banded Courser
U:
Unreproveable – Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
V:
Variableness (No) – Variable Sunbird
W:
X:
X-Excellence – Xingu Scale-backed Antbird
Y:
Z: