Ian’s Bird of the Week – Laughing Kookaburra

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Laughing Kookaburra ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter  – 01/23/11 The Blue-winged Kookaburra has featured as bird of the week (twice) but, as far as I can detect, the iconic Laughing Kookaburra hasn’t, so let’s correct that using library photos. Bird photo opportunities were time-constrained during the wonderful recorder course … Continue reading →

Oilbird – Mission With A Vision

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Oilbird – Mission With A Vision ~ by a j mithra Oilbird or Guacharo lives in northern South America from Guyana to Peru. The Oilbird ranges locally across much northern South America and down the Andes all the way to Bolivia. Their plumage is cinnamon brown, with small, white spots. The Oilbird presents a somewhat … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-necked Phalarope

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-necked Phalarope ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 01-13-11 I had an inquiry from my sister, Colette, in Ireland recently about Red-necked Phalarope (some appeared in breeding plumage at a potential breeding site there last northern summer), so it was floating around in my mind yesterday when I considered … Continue reading →

Birds In Hymns – With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud

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Birds In Hymns – With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud – Isaac Watts Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. (Psalms 147:1 NKJV) Words – By Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719 Music – By Bedford, William Wheale, 1729 Alternate … Continue reading →

Formed By Him – Silver Birds

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Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Latin: argentum, from the Indo-European root *arg- for “grey” or “shining”) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. Silver has long been valued as … Continue reading →

Interesting Things – Dinosaur Blood

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Dinosaur Blood by Creation Moments Job 40:15 “Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.” A short while ago, Creation Moments reported the case of blood cells being discovered in a fossilized T. rex bone. Today, we report on another case. While most fossil bones have lithified, or turned … Continue reading →