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 →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Cedar Waxwing

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Ian’s February 9, 2009 Newsletter An American birder once said to me something to this effect: “you’re so lucky in Australia, all our North American birds are so drab by comparison”. It may be the case that American Parrots are thin on the ground since the sad demise of the Carolina Parakeet, but I think, … Continue reading →

Updated – More Species Pages

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I have updated several more pages for the species: Jacanidae – Jacanas Meropidae – Bee-eaters Tinamidae – Tinamous On the slides, a “©” copyright symbol indicates a photo from the web and a “by” indicates one of the photographers with links on our sidebar. Please visit their sight to see many more fantastic shots. As … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Varied Sittella

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Like the Australian Ringneck of last week, here is another variable species that occurs in easily recognizable races in different regions of mainland Australia: the Varied Sittella. I updated the Sittella gallery on the website on Saturday to include the southern ‘Black-capped Sittella’ and the nominate ‘Orange-winged Sittella’ that I’d recently photographed in South Australia … Continue reading →

Two new Photographers added

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Today I received the permission to use the photos from two sets of great photographers. Bob and Nan have their gallery at: http://bob-nan.smugmug.com/ They have traveled quite extensively, at least by their photo gallery. They have galleries for Serengeti; South Georgia; Brooks Fall – Alaska; Baja, California; Tanzania; Greenland and Canada; Africa; Antarctica, plus other … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black Swan

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Here’s a famous Australian icon, or perhaps I should say, Western Australian Icon – the Black Swan appears on the state coat of arms, reflecting Perth’s original name as the Swan River Settlement. The first Western Australian stamp, in 1854, was a Penny Black, but featured a Black Swan and not Queen Victoria. I first … Continue reading →