Now this really is a bird of the moment given the recent floods in Townsville generally and Bluewater in particular where I live. On Tuesday morning I went down to the area below the flood bank to check out the damage from the third flash flood that had occurred the night before. Compared with neighbours … Continue reading
Bird of the Moment: Satin and Leaden Flycatchers by Ian Montgomery One day last October, I was doing the dishes in the upstairs kitchen and checking, as one does, bird activity in the two bird baths below when this unusual one arrived. I keep my binoculars on the kitchen window sill for moments like this … Continue reading
Flag that Bird Nest! (Reporting on Green Herons and their Boat-tailed Grackle Neighbors) Dr. James J. S. Johnson As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place. (Proverbs 27:8) GREEN HERON nest: 1 hatchling, 3 unhatched eggs, parent AWOL! (Jeffrey Pippins photograph) Along a tidal creek at … Continue reading
Woodstock is not the only bird to live in a nest complex. Birds in this area, central Florida, have at least one bird, the Monk Parakeet, or Quaker Parakeet that makes an “apartment” nest. We used to own two Monk Parakeets, so I was familiar with them when we moved here. In South Florida, where … Continue reading
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;” (Job 12:7 NKJV) The last few days, the northern states of the United States and Canada have been experiencing extreme cold temperatures. Watching the news today, our Manatees, here in Florida, are heading in to … Continue reading
EURASIAN WOODCOCK: Forest Fowl that Look Like Wading Shorebirds Dr. James J. S. Johnson Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. (Psalm 104:20) Earthworms, known in some places as “night crawlers”, are a favorite meal for woodland Woodcocks, such as the Eurasian Woodcock. The Eurasian … Continue reading
“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult. (Numbers 24:17 NKJV) Avian and Attributes: Star STAR, n. 1. An apparently small luminous body in the heavens, that … Continue reading
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;” (Job 12:7 NKJV) Previously, we were at Merritt Island NWR and had seen some Willets and I needed help identifying some birds. One of them turned out to be a Willet. I have seen them … Continue reading
“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,” (Psalms 17:8 KJV) Now that all the indexes are updated, I thought you might find it interesting what they did to the White-eye family. The they are part of the Zosteropidae family. Wikipedia gives this about them: “White-eyes are mostly … Continue reading
Today’s Woodstock and Snoopy agrees with the latest I.O.C. 9.1 Update. Snoopy is not sure what kind of bird he is and this update has been shuffling birds from one Genus to another, making new birds from subspecies, etc. With all the ongoing DNA studies, birds are being moved around quite a bit. This time, … Continue reading
The new version of the World Bird Names from the I. O. C. raised the count to “10,738 extant species and 158 extinct species of birds of the world (Version 9.1), with subspecies (20,046) and annotations.” These birds are classified into Classification of 40 Orders, 245 Families (plus 1 Incertae sedis), 2313 Genera (World Bird Names) … Continue reading
The verses below, quoted from the Bible Gateway – Isaiah 18:6 for Isaiah 18:6 KJV Isaiah 18:6 “They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.” (KJV) NKJV … Continue reading
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