Ian’s Bird of the Week – Tasmanian Native-hen ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 2-14-13 The last edition featured the Tasmanian endemic, the Yellow Wattlebird. A former colleague of mine, Gary, who comes from Tasmania, sent me the following recipe from this priceless book by Tasmanian author Marjorie Bligh, and I thought it might interest … Continue reading
Vol. 2, No. 4 – Shore Lark
From col. F. M. Woodruff. Copyrighted by Nature Study Pub. Co., 1897, Chicago. THE LARK. (RELOCATED – CLICK HERE)
Birdwatching at the Jacksonville Zoo by Dan’s Pix
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that … Continue reading
Video of 39 Species of Bird-of-paridise by Lab of Ornithology
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10 KJV) Here is a video of 39 species of Bird-of-Paridise by Lab of Ornithology. They just released it and thought you might enjoy seeing them. There are more YouTubes of them also at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Bird-of-Paradise belong to the Paradisaeidae … Continue reading
Vol. 2, No. 4 – The Chimney Swift
From col. Eugene Bliss. Copyrighted by Nature Study Pub. Co., 1897, Chicago. THE CHIMNEY SWIFT. (RELOCATED – CLICK HERE)
Birds of the Bible – Names Study – Plover
From the article on Kosher Animals that we have been looking at with our Bird Name Study, the Plover is listed. I haven’t added a page for this bird so far, so let’s see what we can learn about this bird. Under the Birds section they give a list of birds from the Septuagint and … Continue reading
Vol. 2, No. 4 – The American Goldfinch
From col. F. M. Woodruff. Copyrighted by Nature Study Pub. Co., 1897, Chicago. THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. (RELOCATED – CLICK HERE)
Vol. 2, No. 4 – The Lost Mate
THE LOST MATE. (RELOCATED – CLICK HERE)
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow Wattlebird
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow Wattlebird ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 1/31/13 I was going to use some recent photos of the Little Wattlebird as the bird of the week, but then I found that no Wattlebird has featured as BotW so we may as well start with the most spectacular, the … Continue reading
Vol. 2, No. 4 – The Blackburnian Warbler
From col. Chi. Acad. Sciences. Copyrighted by Nature Study Pub. Co., 1897, Chicago. THE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. (RELOCATED – CLICK HERE)
Birdwatching – American Coot
Dan and I went birdwatching last week at South Lake Howard Nature Park here in Winter Haven. We just stopped by on the way home from an errand. Captured a Northern Flicker with the camera, but the video is of the Coot’s feet. I have trying to get a photo of them because they are … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Name Study – Swamphen or Waterhen
And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion. (Leviticus 11:18 DRB) And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, (Leviticus 11:18 KJV) the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; (Leviticus 11:18) et cygnum, et onocrotalum, et porphyrionem, (Leviticus 11:18 clVulgate) A quote from the article mentioned in Birds of the … Continue reading
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