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
Bible Birds – 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
The Winter Wrens’ Dew-drop Baths
THE WINTER WRENS’ DEW-DROP BATHS “The winter wren is really with us during the summer too,” said daddy. “But he is too shy to be near us. We can only hear him sing sometimes. When winter comes, though, he goes to people for protection and picks up the crumbs they give him. “Yesterday he was … Continue reading
Bird of the Week – New Zealand Pigeon
Bird of the Week – New Zealand Pigeon ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 12/24/13 Well, Christmas is nearly on us and I’ve put up the ‘icicle’ Christmas lights beside the almost too-warm pool (29ºC), so I thought a bird photo including some real Southern Hemisphere snow would be correspondingly inappropriate. This proved difficult as … Continue reading
2013’s Christmas Day
Well, here we are on Christmas Day, December 25th. We hope you are having a very pleasant and blessed day, as the birth of Our Savior, Jesus Christ’s “birthday” is celebrated. We know from Scripture that He has always been. I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. … Continue reading
Joyous Christmas 2013
I’ve dusted the Christmas post from the past. But the message is still the same and I wanted to present our pastor’s illustration at the Cantata ’08. It has a very good message. Christmas of 2013 is here and those of us at Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures; Lee, Dan, A J, Ian and all the guest … Continue reading
Hidden-in-Plain-View Lesson from a Motmot: by James J. S. Johnson
Hidden-in-Plain-View Lesson from a Motmot: God’s Beauty Outshines Human Ugliness by James J. S. Johnson The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is an amazingly beautiful bird that few will see in the wild. That kingfisher-like bird is a living testimony of God’s beauty and care. Yet what a contrast that bird is to some of the ugliness … Continue reading
Christmas Birds – Ornaments 2013
Here are the last of the Christmas Birds. The colors and designs would be pretty in ornaments. But most of all, they are superb examples of the Lord’s omniscient creative designs. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and … Continue reading
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