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
Birdwatching at Lowry Park Zoo – May 2011
Dan and I were able check out the birds again at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL last Friday. We went to a few of the aviaries we haven’t been in for awhile. We went to the Sulawesi Aviary and saw the Magpie Goose, Masked Lapwing, Great Malay Argus Pheasant , Victorian Crowned Pigeon … Continue reading
Birds in Hymns – Awake, Our Souls; Away, Our Fears
Based on: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 KJV) Words by Isaac Watts, Found in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, 1707, #48. Born 1674 in … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Masked Booby
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Masked Booby ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 5/20/11 We got a good view of a female Lesser Frigatebird at Lucinda on Wednesday when we did our regular wader count so I considered this species for bird of the week, forgetting that it had featured in March. So here … Continue reading
Formed By Him – Birds of Peru and Chile – II
This is a continuation of Formed By Him – Birds of Peru and Chile – I Since there are so many birds that could be seen by our team in Peru and Chile, I have saved two large families for Part II. The Psittacidae Family which has the Parrots, Macaws, Parakeets, Parrotlets and the Amazons. … Continue reading
Formed By Him – Birds of Peru and Chile – I
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. (Psalms 104:12 ESV) Two of our church members, a pastor and his helper, have gone on a two week trip to assist and train preachers down there. So, here is a survey of some of the birds in those countries that they … Continue reading
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