Birds of the Bible – Falcon – Caracara

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The first Birds of the Bible – Falcons blog introduced the North American members of the Falcon – Falconidae Family. Then the next article, Birds of the Bible – Falcons II, introduced more of the 65 Falcon family members, mainly just the falcons, and provided links to videos of them. The Caracaras are a part … Continue reading →

Macrocephalon Maleo – The Mute Missionary…

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Macrocephalon Maleo – The Mute Missionary… ~ by a j mithra The Maleo, Macrocephalon maleo, is a medium-sized (approximately 55cm long) blackish megapode with bare yellow facial skin, reddish-brown iris, reddish-orange beak and rosy salmon underparts. The crown is ornamented with a black helmet casque. The greyish blue feet have four long sharp claws, separated … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Metallic Starling

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Metallic Starling

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Metallic Starling ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter: 1-2-2011 Here’s a local bird to welcome in the New Year: the Metallic Starling. The Common Starling has given starlings a bad name by being feral (introduced) in many parts of the world including Australia, South Africa and North America and feral … Continue reading →

2010 in review

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

Thank You – 200,000

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During the wee hours this morning, the pages visited counter passed the 200,000 mark. I want thank all of our readers who have come to this blog. Hopefully you have found the information you have sought and maybe even found other articles of interest. The count was started when the blog was moved here to … Continue reading →

Formed By Him – Dodo Bird

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Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10 KJV) “When Portuguese and early Dutch colonists began to inhabit the small tropical island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, from the early 1500s onwards, they found the island to be the home of a very unusual bird. This bird was … Continue reading →

Formed by Him – Oxpeckers

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The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the family Buphagidae. Some ornithologists regard them as a subfamily Buphaginae within the starling family Sturnidae but they appear to be quite distinct. Oxpeckers are endemic to the savanna of Sub-Saharan Africa. Both the English and scientific names arise from their habit of perching on … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Scarlet Robin

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Ian’s Bird of the Week – Scarlet Robin ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter and holiday wish – 12-24-10 Christmas and New Year is a time for tradition not (egregious) originality so here, without apology, is a Scarlet Robin to wish you season’s greeting. Okay, it’s not the classical European Robin – which featured as Bird … Continue reading →