Ian’s Bird of the Week – Canary (Yellow) White-eye

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow White-eye ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 4/15/11 This week’s bird, the Yellow White-eye is a mangrove-dwelling relative of the widespread and familiar Silvereye. While the Silvereye is well-known in gardens and orchards of all the more densely populated areas of mainland Australia and Tasmania, the Yellow White-eye … Continue reading →

Birds In Hymns – The Sands of Time Are Sinking

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Based on: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. (Revelation 19:7 KJV) Words by –  Anne R. Cou­sin, in The Christ­ian Trea­su­ry, 1857. From this hymn came the ti­tle of Cou­sin’s 1876 work, Im­man­u­el’s Land and … Continue reading →

Red-billed Quelea – Unity Unplugged

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Red-billed Quelea – Unity Unplugged ~ by a j mithra The term quelea bird usually refers to the species Quelea quelea, the Red-billed Quelea, native to bush, grasslands, and savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa. Red-billed Quelea is one of the weavers, birds that build elaborate enclosed nests by weaving together strands of grass and other plant … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Little Egret

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Little Egret ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter ~ 4/6/11 I’ve recently been updating the Heron and Egret galleries (Ardeidae) on the website and I noticed that the elegant Little Egret hadn’t yet featured as bird of the week. Its one of five species of egret resident in Australia and … Continue reading →

Formed By Him – Hornbills, Monkeys and Eagles

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Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! (Romans 11:33 NASB) Hornbills that Understand Monkey The Yellow-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna elata) is found in the primeval rain forest of coastal regions of West Africa, for example in Côte d’Ivoire. Yellow-casqued Hornbills … Continue reading →

Goldcrest – The Royal Crown

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Goldcrest – The Royal Crown ~ by a j mithra The Goldcrest, Regulus regulus, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the “king of the birds” in European folklore. It has a plain … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – When Spring Unlocks The Flowers

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Based On: The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. (Song of Solomon 2:12 ESV) Words by Re­gi­nald He­ber (1783-1826). Music – Gos­ter­wood, Eng­lish mel­o­dy, ar­ranged by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams In The Eng­lish Hymn­al (Lon­don: Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird Of The Week – White-bellied Cuckooshrike

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Ian’s Bird Of The Week – White-bellied Cuckooshrike ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 3/27/11 Not only colourful birds are beautiful. Take, for example, the monochrome Cuckooshrikes, such as the White-bellied. ‘Dapper’ comes to mind, though my dictionary defines it as meaning ‘up-to-date in dress and manners, and there is something timeless about the beauty … Continue reading →