Birds in Hymns – Spirit of God, That Moved Of Old

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And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezekiel 36:27 KJV) Words: Ce­cil F. Al­ex­an­der, (1818-1895) in Hymns, by the So­ci­e­ty for the Pro­pa­ga­tion of Christ­ian Know­ledge, 1852. Music: Sol­dau, Geyst­liche Ge­sangk Buch­leyn (Wit­ten­berg, Ger­ma­ny: 1524) Spirit of God, That Moved Of Old Spirit … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – Return of Summer

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While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8:22 KJV) Words by  Al­ice J. Clea­tor  (1871-19260), in Light in the Val­ley (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: George C. Hugg, 1898), pag­e 196. Music: Sant­i­a­go, Ro­bert Brooks Finch  (Late 19th Century) Return of Summer We hail thee, glorious summer, We … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – All Nature’s Works His Praise Declare

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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (Psalms 19:1 KJV) Words by Henry Ware Jr. (1794-1843), 1822 Music – Bethlehem by Gottfried W. Fink (1783-1846) All Nature’s Works His Praise Declare All nature’s works His praise declare, to whom they all belong; There is a voice in every star, … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – Great Giver Of All Good

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And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. (Isaiah 6:3 KJV) Words by Ann T. Gilbert (1782-1852), 1827 (orig­in­al­ly, “Spared to Ano­ther Spring”). This hymn ap­peared, un­at­trib­ut­ed, in the Amer­i­can School Hymn Book, by Asa Fitz, 1854, and is some­times in­cor­rect­ly … Continue reading →

Nuggets Plus – Caddisfly – The Healer

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Nuggets Plus – Caddisfly – The Healer ~ by ajmitha Caddisfly’s silk Is sticky when wet and this silk Make a valuable adhesive tape used to suture wounds.. When we get wet with the Living Water, We have to suture wounds and not create wounds… By the way, Is our life creating wounds, Or suturing wounds? Remember, Though … Continue reading →

Formed By Him – Bird Cooling

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Birds were created with many fantastic abilities. Many like to compare those capabilities with human characteristics, but God has given unique and different ways to the many orders of animals, plants, birds, fish, humans, etc. There are somethings a bird cannot do, that we as humans can. Birds don’t sweat! There are no sweat glands … Continue reading →

Birds of the World – Discolor Birds

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While working on the new updates for the IOC 2.10 Version, I kept noticing the word “color” in the scientific names as I sorted and resorted the Excel spreadsheet. This is a second of the “color” articles. There are concolor, bicolor, tricolor, unicolor, quadricolor, versicolor, decolor, sitticolor, nocticolor, etc. Those will come later. For now, … Continue reading →

Nuggets Plus – The Mirror’s Reflection

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“A bird — most often but not always a beautiful male cardinal attaclks a window day after day and won’t stop. Invariably …people worry about it injuring itself. Rarely does a serious physical injury result but it is a possibility. Psychological injury is another matter: the bird is clearly frustrated. This is territorial behavior. Male … Continue reading →

Birds of the World – Concolor Birds

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While working on the new updates for the IOC 2.10 Version, I kept noticing the word “color” in the scientific names as I sorted and resorted the Excel spreadsheet. This is a first of the “color” articles. There are bicolor, tricolor, unicolor, quadricolor, versicolor, decolor, sitticolor, nocticolor, etc. Those will come later. For now, let’s … Continue reading →

Update to the IOC 2.10 Version Completed

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On October 18, 2011, the IOC released the Version 2.10 list of World Bird Names. I have been busy behind the scene again updating all the Birds of the World pages here to reflect that change. It is now complete. The IOC World Bird List 2.10 contains 10,466 species classified in 40 Orders, 233 Families … Continue reading →