For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:16-17 KJV) While reading … Continue reading
…God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me. (Genesis 21:6 AMP – emphasis by me) He will yet fill your mouth with laughter [Job] and your lips with joyful shouting. (Job 8:21 AMP) While at the Lowry Park Zoo, we were able to hear and video the Laughing Kookaburras. They … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – White-faced Heron ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter 4/19/15 This is the real bird of the week; the recent Collared Sparrowhawk was just a correction to an earlier one. Exotic herons, such as the Great-billed (Northern Australia) and the Boat-billed (Costa Rica) have featured as bird of the week, but, … Continue reading
As you have been viewing the Sunday Inspirations lately, we have been going through the Passerines or Passerfiormes Order in taxonomic order. So far, I have shown you 30 families, which makes us almost a forth of the way through the 125 Passerine families. Today’s families are the Psophodidae – Whipbirds, Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes Family with 16 members and the Platysteiridae … Continue reading
Trust in Him. is from Picture My Thoughts by Myra Johnson’s blog that I follow. She always has a photo with scripture. Thanks, Myra, for encouraging us daily. Check out Picture My Thoughts frequently or better yet, follow her.
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Brown Sparrowhawk ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 4/17/15 I sent the previous post by mistake when I was working on the ebook version of the birds of the week this afternoon. This was actually bird of the week in May 2009, and then I thought it was a … Continue reading
More of the Blackbird Family The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink. The Burgess Bird Book For Children * Listen to the story read. * CHAPTER 13. More of the Blackbird Family. Peter Rabbit was dozing. Yes, sir, Peter was dozing. He didn’t mean to doze, but whenever Peter sits still for a long time and … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black-faced Monarch ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 4/15/15 On the way to Orbost in East Gippsland in March on the great owl hunt, we stopped for a break at Fairy Dell Nature Reserve between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. This has a lovely walk through temperate rainforest along a … Continue reading
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are. I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind. (Psalms 50:10-11 AMP) We went … Continue reading
Not sure how many have heard of the “Squirrel Proof” bird feeders, but Droll Yankees make a line of them. I am not selling them, but just want you to enjoy some of the antics of squirrels trying to feed from them. Also, there is a video of someone who put Vaseline on a pole and … Continue reading
“Flag those birds!” (Part 2) And Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi [i.e., the LORD is my banner]. (Exodus 17:15) In “Flag that Bird! (Part 1)”, we considered 4 “banner birds” – besides globally popular eagles – that appear on national flags: Belgium’s Wallonian Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); Portugal’s Northern … Continue reading
We have come to some Passerine Families that only have a few members in them. You will get to see quite a few families in order to have enough birds to make a slideshow. As you know, the Lord loves variety and He gives us each different talents to use for His service. Sometimes many can … Continue reading
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