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 “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………..
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?
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
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
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
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
The Naughty Little Sick Snowbird
THE NAUGHTY LITTLE SICK SNOWBIRD Daddy had been encouraging Jack and Evelyn to feed the little birds that came outside the window. So one evening when it was time for their story he told them about the Christmas a little snowbird had had the year before. “He was a very self-willed little fellow,” … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Chestnut-breasted Mannikin/Munia
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Chestnut-breasted Mannikin/Munia ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 1-23-14 Please accept my apologies that it is over a month since the last bird of the week. I seem to have been distracted by Christmas, New Year, etc. Anyway, here is a spontaneous one. I’m in the public library in … Continue reading
ABA 2014 Bird of the Year – Rufous Hummingbird
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, … (Zec 4:10a KJV) The Birding Bunch left me a comment and reminded me that the ABA Bird of the Year for 2014 has been announced. So, I have updated the Badge on the Sidebar. The bird they chose this year is another … Continue reading
Birds of the World – Magnificent Riflebird
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psa 148:13 KJV) The Magnificent Riflebird is a member of the Paradisaeidae – Birds-of-paradise Family. They are a family of birds that really showcase the Lord’s Creative Hand. The Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) is a medium-sized (up … Continue reading
Sunday Inspiration – Laughingthrush
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as … Continue reading
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