Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE BROWN THRUSH. “However the world goes ill, The Thrushes still sing in it.” HE Mocking-bird of the North, as the Brown Thrush (Brown Thrasher today) has been called, arrives in the Eastern and Middle States about the 10th of May, … Continue reading
Nuggets Plus – Baobab, the water tank.. ~ by ajmithra * Mature Baobab tree holds 120,000 litres of water but a water tank can hold between 1000-9000 litres! If we are like the trees planted by the waters, how much Living Water do we hold? Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 * THE SWALLOW. “Come, summer visitant, attach To my reedroof thy nest of clay, And let my ear thy music catch, Low twitting underneath the thatch, At the gray dawn of day.” URE harbingers of spring are the Swallows. They are very … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. March, 1897 No. 3 LITTLE BOY BLUE – THE BLUE BIRD Boys and girls, don’t you think that is a pretty name? I came from the warm south, where I went last winter, to tell you that Springtime is nearly here. When I sing, the buds … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – New Zealand/Sub-Antarctic Snipe ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 2/29/12 My apologies for a late Bird of the Week. Lots of excuses are presenting themselves, as they do, but I won’t bore you with them. I’ve chosen another mostly good news conservation story from the Sub-Antarctic islands, the New … Continue reading
I would like to post a Disclaimer about the use of the different Bible versions that I use in my various blogs, especially the Birds of the Bible articles. Because I quote from different versions does not mean that I endorse them. There are versions that translated God’s Word very faithfully by Godly men. There … Continue reading
As previously reported, the Slide.Com is closing down as of March 6th. Unfortunately I have used a lot of the Slideshows from them on this site. I am busy kicking up dust behind the scenes and decided to share links to the articles as I get some of them finished. At least you will know … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE AMERICAN RED BIRD. MERICAN RED BIRDS are among our most common cage birds, and are very generally known in Europe, numbers of them having been carried over both to France and England. Their notes are varied and musical; many of … Continue reading
“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south? (Job 39:26 NKJV) In Birds of the Bible – Hawk Migration we covered Job 38:1-3 which talks about birds knowing when to head South. After taking nice pictures of the Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks at the Brevard Zoo, I decided to do another Birds … Continue reading
* BLUE MOUNTAIN LORY. HIS bird inhabits the vast plains of the interior of New South Wales. It is one of the handsomest, not only of the Australian Parrots, but takes foremost place among the most gorgeously dressed members of the Parrot family that are to be met with in any part of the world. … Continue reading
Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE RED WING BLACK BIRD – THE BIRD OF SOCIETY THE BLACKBIRD. “I could not think so plain a bird Could sing so fine a song.” One on another against the wall Pile up the books—I am done with them all; I … Continue reading
While having devotions this morning, we read this from Comments on Here and Hereafter, by Dr. Bob Jones, Sr. (After our regular devotional we read from different books.) “A story is told of an eagle that had its wing clipped. He was put in the barnyard with the fowls. The eagle used to walk out … Continue reading
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