“Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.” (Zechariah 5:9 KJV)
Wood Stork flying over Lake Morton by Lee 2009
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“Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD.” (Jeremiah 8:7 NKJV)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) by Lee Cropped
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“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.” (Psalms 139:4 KJV)
Atlantic Puffin with mouth open ©Pinterest
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“He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.” (Psalms 18:48 KJV)
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) ©WikiC
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“And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;” (Isaiah 32:18 KJV)
Young Northern Mockingbird at Click Ponds by Lee
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“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
(James 2:10 KJV)
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) ©WikiC
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“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:” (Proverbs 30:8 KJV)
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) feeding a chick ©WikiC
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“Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
(Romans 14:19 KJV)
James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) ©WikiC
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“The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;” (Song of Solomon 2:12 KJV)
Pied Cormorant leading the singing, by Aussiebirder (Used with permission)
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[The bird is actually flying, Aussiebirder and I agree he looks like a choir director.]
“And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20 KJV)
Wood Storks in the Rookery at Gatorland by Lee
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“And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.” [Elijah] (1 Kings 17:6 KJV)
Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus) ©WikiC
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“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:” (Job 12:7 KJV)
Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara koenigi) Pixdaus
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