Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 * THE ARIZONA GREEN JAY. HE geographical range of the Arizona Jay is in southern New Mexico and Arizona and south into Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. It is a common resident throughout the oak belt which generally fringes the foothills of the … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 * THE MARSH WREN. With tail up, and head up, The Wren begins to sing; He fills the air with melody, And makes the alders ring; We listen to his cadences, We watch his frisky motions, We think—his mate attending him— He’s … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 * THE BOHEMIAN WAX-WING. HE Bohemian Wax-wing is interesting for its gipsy-like wanderings, one winter visiting one country, next season another, often in enormous flocks, and usually with intervals of many years, so that in former times their appearance was regarded as … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 * THE PIEDBILL GREBE. Boys and Girls: This is the first time I’ve been on land for several weeks. I am sure you can’t think of any other kind of bird who can say that. Sometimes I don’t go on land for … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 * THE CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER. I may not be as pretty a bird as my red-headed cousin but I’m just as busy. My home is in the west among the pines on the mountains. I do not visit the east at all. Of … Continue reading
Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures blog has been nominated as a Versatile Blogger. This is an great honor. Npramik of Beauty and Brains nominated me for this award. Thank you so much. I try to be versatile and show some variety on the blog. My thanks to her and to all of those who stop by on a regular basis and just … Continue reading
What kind of birds is this? Are you kidding, Stephen, that is a wide open question? If you have been following this “Start Birdwatching Today” series you know that Stephen, our Assistant to the Pastor, asked me to do some new articles about birding for our church blog, The Fountain. He came up with the … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eungella Honeyeater ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 4/22/12 Well, team, many thanks, your moral and spiritual support have done it again: here is the Eungella Honeyeater, photographed last Friday after some diligent searching. The field guides say: ‘noisy, wary, elusive’ and that I would agree is a good … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. April, 1897 No. 4 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6 NKJV) * BIRD DAY IN THE SCHOOLS. IRD DAY! Have you heard of it? Whether you have or not, … Continue reading
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. (Psalm 55 6-7) These days, we don’t have to wait very long before we hear some nonsense about how flight or – … Continue reading
In Zoo Miami’s Wings of Asia – Wow! – I our trip their was introduced. Now to continue with our adventure there. I am still sorting photos, but I have most of the water birds figured out. First, here are two quotes about the aviary from Zoo Miami’s website. “Brilliantly colored pheasants, hornbills, pigeons and many other birds … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Cape Petrel ~ by Ian Montgomery My records show that no Petrel and only one Shearwater (Buller’s) has ever featured as bird of the week. That’s partly because, until recently, I didn’t have many photos of members of this family of seabirds (Procellaridae) but that has been largely corrected … Continue reading
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