Category Archives: Birds

Sandra’s Challenge Reviewed

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For the last 7 days I have reposted the very first attempts at Sandra Connor’s challenge back in 2016. I trust you enjoyed viewing (or re-viewing them).

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) by Robert Scanlon

Lee’s One-Word Monday – Sing!

Lee’s Two-Word Tuesday – Birds Fly

Baby Chick Peeping Out From Under His Mom's Wing - CC

Baby Chick Peeping Out From Under His Mom’s Wing – CC

Lee’s Three-Word Wednesday – Under His Wings

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©WikiC Mike5 - edited

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©WikiC Mike5

Four Word Thursday – His Mouth Was Opened

Lee’s Five-Word Friday – Wonders Which You Have Done

Bald Eagle – San Diego Zoo

Lee’s Six Word Saturday – Mount Up With Wings Like Eagles

Lee’s Seven-Word Sunday – 1/24/16 (Repost)

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Lilac-breasted Roller @Answersafrica

Lilac-breasted Roller @Answersafrica

Sandra’s Challenge was for three weeks, and we completed that. If you remember the Looking Back and Looking Ahead post in August, my birdwatcher adventures have slowed down, but the desire to continue the blog is still active. After reviewing these first 7 post, I thought I’d do some more new ones. Quess What? I realized that there have been a whole lot of these posted since that challenge. There went that Idea!! :)

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Timothy 3:14-17 KJV)

With prayer and review of past posts, there will be a “new/old” set of articles coming out. While I’m working on that, thought you might enjoy seeing more of the previous one word – seven word posts. Stay tuned!

ABC’s of the Gospel

(I used the Lilac-breasted Roller to show there are so many more of the Lord’s Avian Wonders to learn about)

Lee’s Seven-Word Sunday – 1/24/16 (Repost)

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House Sparrow nest in Sign

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house

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Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalms 84:3 KJV)

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

(This is a repost of (Lee’s Seven-Word Sunday – 1/24/16)

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This was actually the first post I did in the Challenge that Sandra gave us bloggers. In the coming days I’ll say more about that challenge.

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Lee’s Six Word Saturday – Mount Up With Wings Like Eagles

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Flying by Aesthetic Photos

Mount Up With Wings Like Eagles

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“But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 NKJV)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Flying by Aesthetic Photos

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

(This is a repost of Lee’s Six-Word Saturday – 1/30/16)

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New Material:

Golden Eagle – swooping -down (NETNS-Wildlife Zone)

Crow on Eagles Back ©©

Lee’s Five-Word Friday – Wonders Which You Have Done

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Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) by Judd Patterson

Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) by Judd Patterson

 

Wonders Which You Have Done

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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
(Psalms 40:5 NASB)

Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) by Judd Patterson

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

(This is a repost of Lee’s Five-Word Friday – 1/29/16)

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New material.  Here is another member on the Mango family. I still say “What wonders which You have done.”

Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) by Dario Sanches

Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) by Dario Sanches

What will you do with Jesus?

Four Word Thursday – His Mouth Was Opened

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Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©©Mike

HIS MOUTH WAS OPENED

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“And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
(Luke 1:64 KJV)

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©©Mike

(Repost of Lee’s Four Word Thursday – 11/17/16)

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Additional Photos 2024

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©©Flikr HHaka

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©WikiC Mike

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©WikiC

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) ©WikiC

More Daily Devotionals

Wordless Bird – Green-tail Sunbird

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Lee’s Three-Word Wednesday – Under His Wings

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Baby Chick Peeping Out From Under His Mom's Wing - CC

 

Under His Wings

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He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. (Psalms 91:4 NKJV)

Baby Chick Peeping Out From Under His Mom’s Wing – ©©

(This is a repost of Three Word Wednesday -1/27/16)

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

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Wednesday’s When I Consider! – Survivability of the Ark

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Food Preparation Area inside the Ark Encounter by Lee

“Evidence From The Worldwide Flood”

“How could the Ark have survived a year-long water catastrophe without sinking? The study of hydrodynamics (the branch of physics having to do with the motion and action of water) has demonstrated that a giant boxlike vessel the size and shape described in the Bible would be almost unsinkable. Even in a sea of gigantic waves, the Ark could be tilted to almost a 90° angle and would always tend to right itself again. A vessel of this shape also aligns itself with the waves so that it experiences the least amount of pitching.

In 1604, a Dutchman named Peter Jansz, built two smaller ships with the same proportions as the Ark. These small “arks” could carry one-third more cargo than regular ships without requiring any additional crew and quickly became a popular cargo carrier.

The perfect engineering of the Ark, with the exact characteristics necessary to survive the Flood, points to God as the ultimate Designer. Every detail of the Bible confirms its accuracy and supernatural origin.”

The Door of the Ark by Lee

This image is a reproduction of the ark at Ark Encounter, USA. Answers in Genesis.

The Article is from:
The Creation, p. 150-151
The Genesis Record, p. 181

The above quote is from January 15), “”A Closer Look at the Evidence – Kleiss,” by Richard and Tina Kleiss

This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. (Genesis 6:15 HCSB)

“When I Consider!” is based on: (Psalms 8:3-9) (3) When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained…(9) O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Ark Encounter During Construction

Interesting related articles:
WorldWideFlood.com
Noah’s Ark from Creation Wiki
The Resource for Answering the Critics of Noah’s Ark by John Woodmorappe, ICR
Caring for the Animals on the Ark by John Woodmorappe, AiG
Noah’s Ship: Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before by Catherine Myers, Answers

What is the Gospel?

Lee’s Two-Word Tuesday – Birds Fly

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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) by Lee

 

Birds Fly

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Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” (Genesis 1:20 NKJV)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) by Lee at Circle B Bar Reserve

(This is a repost of Two Word Tuesday -1/26/16)

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

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Lee’s One-Word Monday – Sing!

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Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) by Robert Scanlon

Sing!

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Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. (Psalms 96:2 KJV)

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) by Robert Scanlon

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Sandra’s New Kooky Challenge

This is a repost of Lee’s One-Word Monday – 1/25/16

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Sunday Inspiration – Frigatebirds, Gannets and the Booby II

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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) by Ian

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) by Ian

“He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.” (Psalms 121:3 KJV)

We are introducing you to the Suliformes Order which has four families. The first two families are fairly small, so we will cover them today.

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) ©USFWS

The Frigatebirds belong to the Fregatidae Family and only have one genus, the Fregata. There are five species, the Ascension, Christmas, Magnificent, Great, and the Lesser Frigatebirds.

Frigatebirds (also listed as “frigate bird”, “frigate-bird”, “frigate”, frigate-petrel”) are found across all tropical and subtropical oceans. The five extant species are classified in a single genus, Fregata. All have predominantly black plumage, long, deeply forked tails and long hooked bills. Females have white underbellies and males have a distinctive red gular pouch, which they inflate during the breeding season to attract females. Their wings are long and pointed and can span up to 2.3 metres (7.5 ft), the largest wing area to body weight ratio of any bird.

Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) imm. by Ian

Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) immature by Ian

Able to soar for weeks on wind currents, frigatebirds spend most of the day in flight hunting for food, and roost on trees or cliffs at night. Their main prey are fish and squid, caught when chased to the water surface by large predators such as tuna. Frigatebirds are referred to as kleptoparasites as they occasionally rob other seabirds for food, and are known to snatch seabird chicks from the nest. Seasonally monogamous, frigatebirds nest colonially. A rough nest is constructed in low trees or on the ground on remote islands. A single egg is laid each breeding season. The duration of parental care is among the longest of any bird species; frigatebirds are only able to breed every other year.

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) by W Kwong

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) by W Kwong

The Gannets and Boobies make up the Sulidae Family. The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. However, Sula (true boobies) and Morus (gannets) can be readily distinguished by morphological and behavioral and DNA sequence characters. Abbott’s booby (PapaIt appears to be a distinct and ancient lineage, maybe closer to the gannets than to the true boobies. There are 10 species. The Morus genus has three species, the Northern, Cape and Australasian Gannets.

Abbott's Booby (Papasula abbotti) by Ian

Abbott’s Booby (Papasula abbotti) by Ian

The Papasula genus consists of only the Abbott’s Booby.

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) by Bob-Nan

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) by Bob-Nan

The rest of the Boobies are in the Sula genus.  They are the Blue-footed Booby [a favorite], Peruvian Booby, Masked Booby, Nazca Booby, Red-footed Booby [another favorite], and the Brown Booby. [Wikipedia, with editing]

 

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“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” (Psalms 17:5 KJV)


“My Faith Still Holds” ~ Faith Baptist Church Orchestra
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(Sunday Inspiration – Frigatebirds, Gannets and the Booby was originally posted in 2017)

More Sunday Inspirations

Assurance: The Certainty of Salvation
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Wednesday’s When I Consider – Sistine Chapel Ceiling and God’s Creation

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling

When I Consider – Wednesdays – Sistine Chapel Ceiling and God’s Creation

(Sistine Chapel Ceiling and God’s Creation – Reposted and Updated)

“Imagine that you are the child of the famous painter, Michelangelo. You grew up watching your father paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Each stroke of the brush revealed his love, creative genius, and masterful perfection.”

Later in life, you visit the Chapel and see a tour guide giving his talk about how the painting came about. They are standing there in “awe under the grandeur of the artistic work” and then hears the guide boldly say words to this effect. “The ceiling occurred by naturalistic processes over countless years as water leaked through the roof and stained the plaster. The people are told by their expert guide that what appears as an intentionally designed work of beauty is strictly a chance occurrence.”

“Would you not, as Michelangelo’s child, rise up in righteous indignation at the telling of such a flagrant lie? If the guide said that you father had used the random procedure of dripping water through the plaster to create the masterpiece, would that lie have been any more palatable?”

He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names. (Psalm 26:7)

He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names. (Psalm 26:7)

“The modern “tour guides” of our world are evolutionists who would have us believe that all of the purpose, eloquent design, and astronomical complexity of life just happened as chance naturalistic processes (such as mutations) formed life over billions of years. Liberal theologians would have us believe that God used such a process to make things.”

As Christians that believe the Word of God as truth, we should “boldly proclaim the truth so that more people may come to know the true Master Artist and come to trust His written revelation to mankind (the Bible)”

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. (Proverbs 3:19)

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? (Job 12:9)
Earth from NASA
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; (Job 26:13)

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. (Psalms 26:7)

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: (Psalms 78:7)

*Quotes from “Evidence from Common Sense March 22,” in “A Closer Look at the Evidence,” by Richard & Tina Kleiss, (Bryce Gaudian, The Great Works Catalog, p22)

Quail Chicks Drinking on a Hot Day

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Gambel’s Quail; Sweetwater Wetlands birding; Tucson, Arizona USA

Gambel’s Quail Chicks Drinking on a Hot Day – by James J. S. Johnson, or Dr. Jim, as I call him. He has just returned from an excursion through the Grand Canyon, and after he gets caught up, I’m sure he will tell us about that adventure.

In the meantime, he has asked that I show you this video:

“They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.” (Psalm 104:11)

Here are some previous articles about Quails:

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