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 →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Black-capped Chickadee

Birds Vol 1 #5 – The Black-capped Chickadee

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * CHICKADEE. Bird of the Merry Heart.Here is a picture of a bird that is always merry. He is a bold, saucy little fellow, too, but we all love him for it. Don’t you think he looks some like the Canada Jay … Continue reading →

Start Birdwatching Today: Enjoy The Lord’s Paintbrush – U.S.

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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. Seeing as our subtitle is “Birdwatching from a Christian Perspective,” I want to do a few articles that you won’t see in most birding books. We believe that … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black-winged Petrel

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black-winged Petrel ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 5/14/12 Three weeks ago we had the Cape Petrel. Here is the Black-winged Petrel, another species, like the White Tern and Grey Ternlet, that I had seen twenty years ago on Lord Howe Island and was keen to photograph on Norfolk … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above

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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalms 84:10 KJV) Words – Hen­ry F. Lyte, 1834 Music – Ben­e­ven­to, ar­ranged from Sam­u­el Webbe, Sr.,  (1740-1816), 1792 Al­ter­nate tune:  Maid­stone, Wal­ter B. Gil­bert, 1863 Pleasant Are Thy … Continue reading →

Birds Vol 1 #5 – Marsh Hawk

Birds Vol 1 #5 – Marsh Hawk

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. May, 1897 No. 5 * THE MARSH HAWK. NE of the most widely distributed birds of North America is the Marsh Hawk, according to Wilson, breeding from the fur regions around Hudson’s Bay to Texas, and from Nova Scotia to Oregon and California. Excepting in the … Continue reading →