Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. (Genesis 8:19 NKJV) The Lord has created more little avian wonders in these three next families: The 28 Nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Crimson Rosella ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 11/20/15 Some birds are very obvious choices for bird of the week because they are beautiful and popular. Ironically, I can overlook them for exactly that reason as I assume they’ve featured previously. Here is one such, the Crimson Rosella, an … Continue reading
DON’T MESS WITH THE HOOPOE! “But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray … And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” (Deuteronomy 14:12, 18) Don’t mess with the hoopoe – especially the female! Their Creator blessed this … Continue reading
My friend, Jeanie, who wrote the poem, Hummingbird, sent me these photos. Enjoy! The photography is amazing, but the captions are priceless !!!!! But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one … Continue reading
THE UMBRELLA BIRD from Creation Moments – Re-post “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.” (1 Thessalonians 5:5) The best fishermen not only know where the fish are biting, but exactly what type of bait or lure is needed to … Continue reading
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. (Acts 17:24 NKJV) The Troglodytidae – Wrens Family was the one skipped over in the Sunday Inspiration last week. There are 84 species in the family, so they deserve their own blog. The family … Continue reading
From another e-mail received, this one is about a Bear, Lion and a Tiger. They are affectionately known as “BLT” and housed at the Noah’s Ark Sanctuary in Georgia. This is Leo the African Lion, Baloo the Black Bear, and Shere Khan the Bengal Tiger. The threesome were rescued as babies from the basement of … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Oriental Pratincole ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 11/12/156 This post is a bit late, so you get two species by way of amends! I was at the opening of an excellent exhibition of North Queensland ‘breeding birds and their dream homes’ called Nestled at the Museum of Tropical … Continue reading
Received this in an e-mail and thought you also would enjoy it. Not sure who to give the credit to for the photos, but I know Who to give the credit to for creating them. Thank You, Lord. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. … Continue reading
“every raven after its kind, and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,” (Leviticus 11:15-16 YLT) While browsing through some of the latest photos from photographers I follow on Flickr, I came across these photos by Michael Woodruff of the Groove-billed Ani. Then I found more by two others I follow; … Continue reading
As we continue through our Passerines, we come to seven families that have very few members in them. Just because their numbers are few, their Creator has not failed to give each a niche to fill and the ability and design to do so. They are all small birds, like the song, “His Eye Is … Continue reading
Origin of Parrot Mountain and Garden of Eden Parrot Mountain is a result of a vision the owner had in July 1995. He left Mississippi with his family and came to the mountains of Tennessee and was led to the land that is called Parrot Mountain and Garden of Eden. The vision was to build … Continue reading
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