The Secret Only God Knows About Hummingbirds – by April Lorier

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All of my neighbors have hummingbird feeders on their porches. Why? Well, everyone knows there’s something very special about these birds. Yes, they are birds, and there’s a secret only God knows about them. Hummingbirds are birds in the family Trochilidae, and are native to the Americas. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – (Pale-vented) Bush-hen

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Ian’s Newsletter 02-24-2009 Last week, when discussing Kittiwakes and red legs, I referred obliquely to a common phenomenon in birding when having finally seen what I wanted (red legs) I saw lots of them. Serious birders call these bogey birds, where serious means passionate (oneself) or obsessed (someone else) and bogey means an evil spirit, … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Green-backed Gerygone

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Ian’s 9/3/09 Newsletter – Bird of the Week: Green-backed Gerygone Once again, my apologies for a late posting. I’ve just spent 5 days – with a 2 night stop at Mataranka – driving the 2,500km from Townsville to Darwin for the photography trip I mentioned last week. I usually prepare a trip wish-list of target … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Red-legged Kittiwake

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Ian’s Newsletter 02/17/2009 If, like me, you were a birdwatcher in the British Isles in the 1960s, you would have been been familiar with the Kittiwake, a delightful small gull usually seen at its dense nesting colonies on steep cliffs, and named after its call. You may also have wondered why, as British birdwatchers became … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – White-throated Gerygone

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Bird of the Week: White-throated Gerygone My apologies for a late posting this week – I’ve been trying to clear the decks in preparation for a trip to the Northern Territory in a few days. I hope this trip will fill a few gaps in Northern birds that I can share with you in the … Continue reading →

Birds of the Bible – Hoopoe II

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The Hoopoe was introduced in Birds of the Bible – Hoopoe and would like to add more information about the Hoopoe. The Hoopoes are in the BUCEROTIFORMES Order which includes Hoopoes, Wood Hoopoes, Hornbills and Ground Hornbills. I have revised this information since the 1st article. Wikipedia (now updated) had them with the woodpeckers, but … Continue reading →

Not What My Hands

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Sunday night at our church (Faith Baptist Church, Winter Haven, FL) our young people were giving reports and testimonies of their summer youth trips. They went to three different places through out the summer and did things from teaching VBS to painting house and cleaning up around them. They also went to a leadership training … Continue reading →

Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)

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While going through the photos for the Birds of the World pages to get them ready to post, I came across this amazing bird. The Common Potoo (or Lesser) (Nyctibius griseus) is almost hard to find in this photo. Their camouflage colors of brown, black, and grey plumage makes them look just like tree bark. … Continue reading →

When I Consider! – Woodpecker and Bones

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“Evidence from Biology” “In His Word, God tells us that He cares for His creatures. One can observe repeated examples of this in nature. Every creature on Earth has been programmed to take care of itself. An example is the female Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, which changes her diet to include more calcium at egg-laying time. Scientist … Continue reading →

Birds in Hymns – Awake, Thou Careless World, Awake

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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Luke 21:33 KJV) Words: Jo­hann Rist, Neu­er Him­lische Lied­er son­der­bahr­es Buch (Lün­e­burg: 1651), p. 248 (Wach’ auf, wach’ auf, du sich’re Welt); trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Ca­ther­ine Wink­worth, Cho­rale Book for Eng­land (Lon­don: Long­man, Green, Long­man, Ro­berts and Green, 1863), … Continue reading →