Dinosaur Protein Sequences & Dino-to-Bird Model – Tomkins

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Dinosaur Protein Sequences and the Dino-to-Bird Model by Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D. is in this months Acts and Fact. Here is an excerpt from it: “Evolutionists have maintained that the fossil record supports a long-ages history for earth, but material extracted from dinosaur bones is providing an interesting challenge to that theory. The recent discoveries of … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – African Penguin

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Newsletter – 7/16/2009 Well now, as they say, for something completely different here is the African Penguin. I was reviewing the contents of the website a few days ago, and noticed that there weren’t any penguins. Not having yet succeeded in photographing the only resident Penguin resident in mainland Australia, the Little Penguin, I rectified … Continue reading →

The Flight of Migratory Birds by Werner Gitt

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The Flight of Migratory Birds by Werner Gitt is a fairly technical, but very interesting article about the migration of birds. While thinking about yesterday’s Birds of the Bible – Migration September 2009, I came across this article. He mentions the Pacific Golden Plover in detail and some other long fliers, like: “The following equally … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-collared Lorikeet

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Newsletter 9/3/2009 Here’s the catch-up bird of the week as promised yesterday. If you looked at the photos and said “that’s just a Rainbow Lorikeet!”, you’d be right, sort of, and if you said “that’s like a Rainbow Lorikeet but different” you’d be right exactly. This is the Northern race (rubritorquis) of the Rainbow Lorikeet … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Migration September 2009

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I know that I have written about the migration of the birds before, but this is really interesting. They have been posting radar images of the Florida peninsula on BRDBRAIN, a bird-listing service. Here are the images for September 28th and 30th. The dark spots are the birds in migration being picked up on radar. … Continue reading →

Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters

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Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters Family Information Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24 KJV) The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far … Continue reading →

Birdwatching – 09-25-2009

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Today we went birdwatching and ended up at three different places. Our intention was to go to Lake Hollingsworth, one of our favorite places to bird watch. I started my list as we were riding and saw about 20 Muscovy ducks (they are very prolific here), Morning Dove, Osprey, Black and Turkey Vultures, and a … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

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I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (Psalms 139:14 KJV) Writer: Joachim Neander (1650-1680) Music: From Praxis Pieatis Melica (1668) 1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy … Continue reading →

Interesting Things – Reshaped Wings, Forest Birds, Evolution?

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I came across an interesting article in Science News, September 12, 2009, called, “Rapid evolution may be reshaping forest birds’ wings,” by Susan Millius. Subtitle – “Trend for pointier appendages in heavily logged boreal forests, with blunter, rounder ones in reforested parts of New England.” Records have been kept on birds that live in the … Continue reading →