The Northern Wheatear – The Incredible Migrator..

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A migratory species, the northern wheatear breeds across northern Europe, North Africa, Asia, Alaska, north-eastern Canada and Greenland. After the breeding season, it migrates to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is found across a broad belt that stretches from Mauritania and Mali through northern Nigeria, Central African Republic and Sudan, to Ethiopia and southern Somalia. It … Continue reading →

Start Birdwatching Today – Questions

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(Painted Stork by Dan’s Pix) (Stephen, our Assistant to the Pastor, asked me to do this series about birdwatching. He came up with the titles and I have been writing the articles. Now he has given me these 13 questions to answer, so here goes.) We hope that you have been enjoying Lee’s series, Start … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Wood Thrush

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Wood Thrush

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * THE WOOD THRUSH. “With what a clear And ravishing sweetness sang the plaintive Thrush; I love to hear his delicate rich voice, Chanting through all the gloomy day, when loud Amid the trees is dropping the big rain, And gray mists … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Night Hawk

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Night Hawk

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * THE NIGHT HAWK HE range of the Night Hawk, also known as “Bull-bat,” “Mosquito Hawk,” “Will o’ the Wisp,” “Pisk,” “Piramidig,” and sometimes erroneously as “Whip-poor-will,” being frequently mistaken for that bird, is an extensive one. It is only a summer … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Indigo Bunting

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Indigo Bunting

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * THE INDIGO BUNTING. HE Indigo Bunting’s arrival at its summer home is usually in the early part of May, where it remains until about the middle of September. It is numerous in the eastern and middle states, inhabiting the continent and … Continue reading →

Start Birdwatching Today: Enjoy The Lord’s Paintbrush – Zoos

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I trust you are enjoying our “Start Birdwatching Today!” series. We have been trying to motivate you to go out and observe the many birds around you. This is the second article about “Enjoying The Lord’s Paintbrush” Click for first one. Seeing as our subtitle is “Birdwatching from a Christian Perspective,” I want to do … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Prothonotary Yellow Warblers

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Prothonotary Yellow Warblers

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * PROTHONOTARY YELLOW WARBLERS. Quite a long name for such small birds—don’t you think so? You will have to get your teacher to repeat it several times, I fear, before you learn it. These little yellow warblers are just as happy as … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * THE SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. LYCATCHERS are all interesting, and many of them are beautiful, but the Scissor-tailed species of Texas is especially attractive. They are also known as the Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, and more frequently as the “Texan Bird of Paradise.” It is … Continue reading →