Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eurasian Bullfinch

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eurasian Bullfinch ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 2/3/14 In response to last week’s photos of the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, I received a photo of an American Evening Grosbeak – thank you Jeff – with a similar large pale finch bill. Typical Northern Hemisphere finches such as the Evening Grosbeak belong to … Continue reading →

A J Mithra – Now With His Lord

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We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8) I just received word that A. J. Mithra passed away yesterday, Friday, January 31, 2014, of a cardiac arrest. They had the funeral today. A J was 54 and is survived by his … Continue reading →

United States Songbirds On Stamps – Re-post from Dear Kitty

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The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ten melodic voices with the Songbirds stamps: the western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), the mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides), the western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), the painted bunting (Passerina ciris), the Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), the evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), the scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea), the rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), the American goldfinch (Spinus tristis), and the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Each colorful … Continue reading →

The Rescue of the Canary Bird

The Rescue of the Canary Bird

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THE RESCUE OF THE CANARY BIRD “I am going to tell you a really true story,” said daddy, “something which happened to-day. I was walking along a rather poor part of the city when I saw a number of children gathered in a group in a little side yard of a tenement house. The children … Continue reading →

The Whole Creation Has Been Groaning………..

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For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22) The following is not one of my latest stories, but because it concerns one of God’s creations I dare to let you see it. Many people would laugh at me and, by the way some of my happenings can … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Patience Of…. A Duck?

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But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’ (Job 35:10-11) We know that God has given us more insight and wisdom than the animals and birds. Unfortunately, sometimes we … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

Birds of the Bible – Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:15 KJV) And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, (Leviticus 11:16 KJV) While we were on our trip last week, we stopped by the Palm Beach Zoo. I now … Continue reading →

Sunday Inspiration – Hummingbirds

Sunday Inspiration – Hummingbirds

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How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Harpy Eagle

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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: (Eze 17:3) Dan and I were off on a birdwatching adventure this week. This time we visited the Zoo Miami’s Wings of Asia … Continue reading →