You’re the King(‘s) Bird ~ by a j mithra With dark gray upper parts and a neat white tip to the tail, the Eastern Kingbird looks like it’s wearing a business suit. And this big-headed, broad-shouldered bird does mean business—just watch one harassing crows, Red-tailed Hawks, Great Blue Herons, and other birds that pass over its territory. Eastern … Continue reading
Just Because – If It Fits, I Sits Supercut Video
Here is the – If It Fits, I Sits Supercut Video If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness and joy. (Job 36:11 AMP) I couldn’t resist. I received an email with a lot of photos and then found this video. Enjoy! * * Additional Photos … Continue reading
The First Birds of 2014
About 8:30 am I was sitting at our table and caught a glimpse of some white birds landing in the front yard. Looking out, I saw 22 American White Ibises. Yeah! My first birds sighted in 2014. I went back in and after a while decided to get my camera. Three had left, but 19 … Continue reading
Greetings From …?
Greetings From …? by Golden Eagle Oh, I know you don’t know them all, neither do I! But that is how we learn about God’s Creation. We use the five senses that Jesus created us with. Hey, can you let us know what the five senses are? Also, in your very own journal, write down … Continue reading
Dubai’s New Year’s Celebration – Did You See It?
Have You Seen These? Dubai’s New Year’s Celebration had 500,000 explosions. Guinness was there for a record event. The worlds tallest building is where most of these are going off from. Here are two different versions. Enjoy * * *
2014’s First Bird Seen
Happy New Year! What was the first bird you saw in 2014? I am taking a survey and will publish the results in a few days. My last birds seen in 2013 were 10 Sandhill Cranes and then just before dark I saw a Downy Woodpecker. It is still 2013 as this is being posted. … Continue reading
2013 in Review – Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures Plus
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 220,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see … Continue reading
A Red-headed Cousin (Red-headed Woodpecker)
IX A RED-HEADED COUSIN Besides his half-brothers, the narrow-fronted and ant-eating woodpeckers, the Carpenter has a numerous family of cousins,—the red-headed, the red-bellied, the golden-fronted, the Gila, and the Lewis’s woodpeckers. These all belong to one genus, and are much alike in structure, though totally different in color. Most of them are Western or Southwestern birds, … Continue reading
Bible Birds – Wood Storks
While we were on the same birdwatching trip to Circle B (American Bittern), we encountered a Wood Stork. There are five verses in the Bible that mention the Stork: And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19 KJV) And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Wood Storks
While we were on the same birdwatching trip to Circle B (American Bittern), we encountered a Wood Stork. There are five verses in the Bible that mention the Stork: And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19 KJV) And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and … Continue reading
Taming the Dragon of Calvert Kingdom (Re-blog)
Here is a great story by Sandra Conner at In Love With Words! Taming the Dragon of Calvert Kingdom. TAMING THE DRAGON OF CALVERT KINGDOM In the year 2013, in a kingdom called Calvert, there lived four cousins. They were all named Calvert, and it was their great-grandparents Rachel and Cecil Calvert who had established … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – American Bittern
The Bittern is found in the KJV in three verses of Scripture. Some versions translate it differently. But for the sake of this article, here are those verses: I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of … Continue reading