Graham1281 has a YouTube Channel with over 200 of his accordion songs. He is from Inverness, U. K. and has given permission to use his music for backgrounds of our videos here. I came across this video while looking through his channel and decided to share it. Hope you enjoy. “A wonderfully catchy tune written … Continue reading
Interesting Things – World War I Hero – Cher Ami
Cher Ami – WW1 Hero While researching for a hero for an article on our church blog, I tried to find out about my father, who was in WW1. Being as he died when I was four years old, it is hard to find out a lot of details. All I knew is that he … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – White-headed Pigeon
Ian’s Bird of the Week – White-headed Pigeon ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 6/15/11 I’ve been preoccupied recently preparing photos for the digital publication that I first mentioned two weeks ago, so I haven’t taken many photos and hadn’t decided on this week’s bird when I took a break yesterday to put out the … Continue reading
Formed By Him – Feathered Language Master
Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men. (Psa 66:5) “It is common for world travelers to learn at least a few words of other languages as they visit different cultures and meet different people. Not only is the marsh warbler a champion world traveler, … Continue reading
Birds in Hymns – When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Based on: But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (Galatians 6:14 KJV) Words by Isaac Watts, 1707. Charles Wesley reportedly said he would give up all his other hymns to have written this … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Dove’s Dung
Now here is an interesting verse found in 2 Kings 6:25: And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. (2Ki 6:25) First let’s find out … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-billed Tropicbird
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-billed Tropicbird ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 6/6/11 Last November a Red-billed Tropicbird was recorded on Lord Howe Island (http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/species/23736). This is the first Australian record and it is a long way from its closest breeding colonies in the Galapagos. I photographed this species in 2005 at another … Continue reading
Brown Thrasher – The Singing Assasin..
Brown Thrasher – The Singing Assasin.. ~ by a j mithra The Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), sometimes erroneously called the Brown Thrush, is a bird in the Mimidae family, a group that also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds. The Brown Thrasher is bright reddish-brown above with thin, dark streaks on its buffy underparts. … Continue reading
Island Scrub Jay – The Fallen One Yet The Chosen One..
Island Scrub Jay – The Fallen One Yet The Chosen One.. ~ by a j mithra Both the male and the female Island Scrub Jay help build nests three to twenty feet high in trees and shrubs. They use small oak branches that they break off trees and they never use sticks that fall to … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Crimson-crested Woodpecker ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 5/29/11 Those of you who have been on the list for a few years might remember from earlier posts that I’ve led a woodpecker-deprived existence, having lived first in Ireland and since then in Australia. Woody Woodpecker captured my imagination at … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Birds of Samuel and Kings
I have been reading through 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st Kings lately in the English Standard Version (ESV). So far I have found seven references to “birds”, “birds of the air”, or “birds of the heavens.” Five of the verses have to do with the birds coming to do something, especially to eat. I’ll … Continue reading
Observations from an Outsider ~ by Stephen Simpson
Observations from an Outsider I am an outsider. I do not consider myself to be an avid birdwatcher. I am an ignorant birdwatcher. I like to look at birds, but most of the time, I have absolutely no idea what I’m looking at. My ability to identify birds does not extend much past Blue Jays … Continue reading
