Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS. “Everywhere the blue sky belongs to them and is their appointed rest, and their native country, and their own natural home which they enter unannounced as lords that are certainly expected, and yet there is a … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE CROW. Caw! Caw! Caw! little boys and girls. Caw! Caw! Caw! Just look at my coat of feathers. See how black and glossy it is. Do you wonder I am proud of it? Perhaps you think I look very solemn … Continue reading
Our Assistant to the Pastor, Stephen, has asked if I would consider another series for our Church’s Blog, the Fountain. Thanks to Stephen and his assistance in getting the first “Birds of the Bible” series started, those articles and this resulting blog have grown beyond what was ever imagined. Now, we are beginning another new series. … Continue reading
The Wombat’s Backward Pouch (Re-posted from Creation Moments) Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Australia has many animals that are not found anywhere else in the world today. One of the most unique is the wombat, … Continue reading
News to Note for March 17, 2012, by Elizabeth Mitchell from Answers in Genesis, has an interesting article called, “Glossy black flirt by any other name is still a bird.” It is about the Microraptor that was discovered in China. It is supposedly a “four-winged” Microraptor from the Liaoning Providence. As usual, the evolutionist are … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE BOBOLINK. “When Nature had made all her birds, And had no cares to think on, She gave a rippling laugh, And out there flew a Bobolinkon.” O American ornithologist omits mention of the Bobolink, and naturalists generally have described him … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Norfolk Island Parakeet ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 3/15/12 Well, your unwavering moral and spiritual support has done it again: here is the Tasman or Norfolk Island Parakeet (better known here as the Green Parrot to distinguishing it from the introduced Red Parrot – the Crimson Rosella). Thank … Continue reading
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8 KJV) Words: William C. Gannett, in A Chorus of Faith, 1893. Music: Nicaea, John B. Dykes, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861 Bring, O Morn, Thy Music Bring, … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE FLICKER. GREAT variety of names does this bird possess. It is commonly known as the Golden Winged Woodpecker, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Yellow Hammer, and less often as High-hole or High-holer, Wake-up, etc. In suitable localities throughout the United States and the … Continue reading
Dan and I were able to get in a small visit to the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa a few days ago. Our goal was to go to the Sulawesi, Free-Flight and the Lorikeet Landing Aviaries. Most of the birds we saw were busy preening that day. Probably the most feather fluffing seen by so … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE JAPAN PHEASANT. RIGINALLY the Pheasant was an inhabitant of Asia Minor but has been by degrees introduced into many countries, where its beauty of form, plumage, and the delicacy of its flesh made it a welcome visitor. The Japan Pheasant … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow-crowned Parakeet ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 3/8/12 Last December, the Red-crowned Parakeet was the bird of the week http://www.birdway.com.au/psittacidae/red_crowned_parakeet/index.htm . That was photographed on Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands one of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic islands. Here is a close relative the Yellow-crowned Parakeet photographed on the same … Continue reading
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