Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Psalms 90:2 KJV) Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there … Continue reading
Circle B Birdwatching Trip February 2015
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; (Job 12:7 NKJV) Today we finally got to go birdwatching at Circle B Bar Reserve. We were asked to join Baron Brown (A.K.A. Golden Eagle) and one of the classes he teaches. We were introducing … Continue reading
Drummers and Carpenters – Chapter 11
Drummers and Carpenters The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers. The Burgess Bird Book For Children * Listen to the story read. CHAPTER 11. Drummers and Carpenters. Peter Rabbit was so full of questions that he hardly knew which one to ask first. But Yellow Wing the Flicker didn’t give him a chance to ask any. … Continue reading
The Old Man and the Ibises
The Old Man and the Ibises by Emma Foster Once there was a little boy who had short brown hair and was kind of short for his age. Every week, his parents would take him to a small park by a big lake. When they arrived, the little boy fed the ibises bread and talked … Continue reading
Tickle Me Tuesday – Bird of Paradise
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. (Proverbs 15:13 AMP) Sandra Connor has again come out with a challenge. This time she is calling it “Tickle Me Tuesday,” so here is my first attempt. This video is of Attenborough trying to film a sequence about a Greater … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Common/Black-billed Magpie
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Common/Black-billed Magpie ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 2/9/2015 The Australian Magpie of last week generated quite some interesting correspondence, about both it being an iconic species and bird names and their derivation. I also got a request for a BotW on Butcherbirds, which I’ll do soon, but in … Continue reading
Sunday Inspiration – “Ant” Birds
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; (Proverbs 30:25 KJV) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV) Last week’s … Continue reading
Designed for Flight – Creation Moments TV
For thus says the LORD: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab. (Jeremiah 48:40 NASB) Creation Moments articles have been used here many times. Now they have a YouTube Channel called Creation Moments TV. While checking out their new videos, I found this one about birds and … Continue reading
Strawberry (Red-faced) Mousebird – Urocolius Indicus
Red-faced Mousebird Endemic to Africa, about the size of a normal sparrow, crested head and beautiful cinnamon colored breast and strawberry red mask and bill. They are especially beautiful in the early morning sun. Their general body color is blue-grey or slate-ish. With its long tail, about the same length as the body, they look … Continue reading
Live Cams from All About Birds
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, (Deuteronomy 14:16 KJV) There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. (Isaiah 34:15 KJV) Are you aware of the Live Cameras that All About … Continue reading
Birds, People and DNA
So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Australian Magpie
National days are occasions in which icons play a big, maybe dominant or even overpowering role, and Australia’s, January 26th, is no exception. So here is the Australian Magpie. It’s not strictly a Magpie in the Northern Hemisphere sense and it’s not strictly Australian, as it also occurs naturally in southern Papua New Guinea and … Continue reading
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