From time to time we are blessed to receive the permission to use material from Photographers and/or Videographers. Recently, Khong Tuck Khoon gave his permission to use his videos and photographs. Khong is known as “wondersf” on YouTube and has over 800 video on his Birds of Malaysia channel. Khong T Khoon’s video of a … Continue reading
The Broad-billed Prion – The well oiled night mates..
The Broad-billed Prion – The well oiled night mates.. ~ by a j mithra The Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata) is a small seabird, but the largest Prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. This species is found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Photo of Broad-billed Prion at the World Bird … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eastern Yellow Robin
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eastern Yellow Robin ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 5/10/11 Here’s another familiar Australian species that hasn’t featured as Bird of the Week: the Eastern Yellow Robin. Familiar in mainland eastern Australia I should add, as it’s absent from Tasmania and it is replaced by the closely related Western … Continue reading
Birds in Hymns – The Son of God Goes Forth to War
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. (Matthew 20:22 KJV) Words: Reginald Heber, 1812. (This hymn was sung in … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Sea Gulls
the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; (Leviticus 11:16 NKJV) The Sea Gull has been upgraded to an official Bird of the Bible here on this blog. The article “Birds of the Bible – A Gull?” was written when I first discovered the Gull in my reading, per … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eastern Rosella
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Eastern Rosella ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 05-04-11 In the search for the rare, elusive and/or beautiful it is easy to take the common, familiar and beautiful for granted. This is especially true when something has been used as an advertising icon and an egregious example of this … Continue reading
Birds In Hymns – When The Lord Of Love Was Here
We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19 KJV) Here is another hymn from the past. This time written by Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916) and composed by George W. Chadwick (1854-1931) Words by Stopford A. Brooke, Christian Hymns, 1881. Music is called “Armstrong” (Chadwick) by George W. Chadwick , 1888 When The … Continue reading
My I.O.C. World Bird List – Ver. 2.8 Finally Finished
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. (Psalms 32:11 KJV) Seems like it has been forever that I have been reworking all the Family pages of the Birds of the World. The 233 pages were given a complete work-over. When they release … Continue reading
Interesting Things – The Leaf With An Appetite
From – The Hungry Leaf ©Creation Moments, 2011 (Thought you might enjoy reading this interesting fact from the Lord’s Creative Hand. What love He shows to us and to the world of critters and nature. Omnipotence and omniscience is definitely seen all around us, if we but look and give the credit to Whom it … Continue reading
Birdwatching at Circle B – 4/22/11
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. (Jeremiah 8:7 KJV) We were finally able to find a little bit of time to go birdwatching the other day. … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Turquoise Parrot
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Turquoise Parrot ~ by Ian Montgomery Maybe I was tempting fate when last week I publicly declared my target species of the Pilliga trip to be the Turquoise Parrot, but fate was kind to me when I did the same thing with the Resplendent Quetzal on the eve of … Continue reading
Formed By Him – “Stone” Birds
Happy Easter to All. He is Risen! He is Alive! All week we have been posting articles about names of birds that are the same as items that are mentioned in the Scripture that lead up to the Crucifixion and then to today’s bodily Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Christians, these events and … Continue reading