Birds of the Bible – Name Study – Heron

Let’s look into a name study for another Bird of the Bible – this time the Heron. Our fishing Green Heron directed my thinking towards the Heron. So, let’s see what we can find out about how they are mentioned in Scripture. The Heron and their kind are mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy in the … Continue reading →

Birdwatching Tips – Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Lev 11:19  And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. Peterson’s Field Guide Videos have great information about how to identify birds in the Heron, Egrets and Bittern Family. This is a very good video. * * See the other video in this series: Peterson Field Guide-Videos * Ardeidae- Herons, Bitterns … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Remembering

Birds of the Bible – Remembering

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; (Genesis 8:1 KJV) Today, here in the United States, is Memorial Day. A day when we remember those who have given their … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Providence Petrel

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Providence Petrel ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 5/20/13 Your collective moral support did it again, thank you very much, so here is the Providence Petrel the other really special bird species of Lord Howe Island. ‘Special’ in the sense that after its extermination on Norfolk Island by 1800, … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Herons On Tampa Bay

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19 KJV) Herons are one of the species listed on the “Do not eat list” as we have written about before in the various Birds of the Bible – Heron articles. The first one was written back in 2008 when … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Lord Howe Woodhen

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Lord Howe Woodhen ~ By Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 5/11/13 My sister Gillian and I arrived for a week’s visit to Lord Howe Island this morning. I haven’t been here since a visit with my mother on her last trip to Australia in 1992. That was in pre-digital photography … Continue reading →