BIRDS
(See also Animals; Flying Creatures; Insects; Marine Life)
(Note centered heading below: List by Name)
airplane accidents caused by: g76 3/8 30
Amazon jungle: g77 9/8 26
Bible mention: ad 235-236, 607; g68 10/22 28-29; w62 423; ns 139; g32 12/7 131
birdcatching: ad 234-235
bone structure: ce 77; g78 1/22 23-24
breathing: ce 77-79; g82 5/8 21-22
Christmas Island: g83 7/8 30
collisions with airplanes: g84 4/8 30
communication: g65 7/8 29-30; g57 3/22 13-15; g50 10/22 21-23
while still in the egg: g85 11/22 21
courting: g74 5/22 23-26
creation: ad 235; g63 4/22 9; pa 14; nh 54-58; ew 16-17
differences from reptiles: ce 75-80; ad 235
discussion: g78 10/8 24-27; g77 1/8 24-26; ad 235-236; g42 9/30 18-19; g33 1/4 197-205; g32 12/7 131-136; g32 12/21 182-188
disease: g74 12/8 30
divination by omens from birds: ad 522
diving: g84 2/22 31; g71 9/22 13-15
drunkenness: g70 10/22 30
EGF (epidermal growth factor) hormone in saliva of many: g83 8/8 11
eggs: g72 2/22 16; w70 361; w62 423-424; g49 7/22 12
hatching rate compared with that in incubators: g77 9/22 30-31
incubation: ce 157; g85 9/22 14-15
England:
shortage of housing for: g80 11/8 30
evidence of Creator: ce 75, 153-154; g81 9/22 16; g78 4/8 13-15; ad 235; g67 4/22 27
experience with talking parakeet: g81 2/22 20
extinction: g74 5/8 30; g73 3/8 30; g72 6/8 31; g71 1/8 31; g71 4/22 13; g71 5/22 31; g69 4/8 31; g69 6/8 29; g69 11/22 30; g67 8/22 17-20; g63 9/8 24; g62 8/8 30; g62 9/8 9
Archaeopteryx: g78 1/22 24
species in danger: g79 6/22 30; g77 8/8 24-26; g77 9/22 31; g76 11/8 30
eyes: ce 79; g71 7/22 19; g70 12/22 26; g66 3/22 19; g65 2/8 14-15; g63 3/22 10; g63 4/22 20; w62 487
feathers: ce 76-77; g81 2/8 25-27; g78 1/22 24; ad 235
feet: g85 11/22 20
flight: ce 77-79
altitude: g81 9/8 14-15
best fliers: g68 7/8 16
discussion: g78 1/22 20-25; g78 4/8 13-14; g78 10/8 24-27; g70 9/8 16-18; g68 7/8 16; g68 7/22 31
effect of thermal currents and different wind speeds: g78 10/8 25-26
evidence of Creator: ce 153-154
fitness vital for migration: g78 10/8 25
higher or lower when instinctive reason demands it: g78 10/8 24-25
highest flying: g78 10/8 27
modes of: g78 4/8 13-14; g78 10/8 25; g70 11/8 23
soaring and gliding: g78 1/22 22-23; g65 2/22 16-19
speed: g81 9/8 14; g78 1/22 21, 23; g74 2/22 14-15
statistics: g78 10/8 24-27; g68 7/22 31; g47 11/22 10
V-shaped formation: g70 11/8 23
wing design: ce 153-154; ad 235
food: g72 2/8 23; g65 5/22 29; g63 1/8 30; g63 6/8 30; g49 10/8 12-15; g47 8/8 23
poultry feed: g71 3/22 29
habit of tilting neck: g74 8/22 26
heart of, “the most powerful motor in the world”: g78 6/22 29
hibernation: g68 11/8 11; g62 11/22 19
insect control: g81 1/22 25; g63 12/22 14-15
instinctive wisdom: ce 161-165; g81 9/22 16; g78 10/8 24-25; g76 5/22 11; ev 122-124; g67 4/22 26-27; g64 8/22 9-12; g62 6/22 12-13, 31; ew 42-44; g48 3/8 20; g42 1/7 30-31; g42 1/21 30-31
Israelite law: ad 235
Japan: g84 8/22 24-25; g72 3/8 30
frightening pigeons away from railroad stations: g85 1/22 31
kinds: g70 10/8 16
life span: g62 12/8 11
light’s effects: g71 7/8 15
Marion Island:
nursery ground for seabirds: g84 5/8 17
mating time: g74 5/22 23-26; g69 6/22 9-10; g68 4/8 11
migration: ce 161-163; g81 9/8 14-15; g81 9/22 16; g79 6/22 19; g79 10/8 23; w78 7/15 10; g74 1/8 22; w73 579-580; g72 3/8 30; g71 7/8 12; g70 11/8 23; g69 1/22 24; g69 6/22 8-9; g67 4/22 26-27; g67 10/22 16; g65 12/22 23; g64 8/22 9; g63 4/22 24; g62 6/22 31; g62 12/8 11; g60 12/8 19; g47 11/8 13-16; g44 2/16 19-20; g40 8/21 25
fitness needed: g78 10/8 25
fuel for flights: g81 9/8 14; g78 10/8 25; g77 11/22 26
navigation: ce 163
range: g81 9/8 15
surveys as to number of songbirds migrating northward: g81 2/8 19
navigation: ce 161-163; g82 2/22 31; g81 9/8 15; g81 9/22 16; g79 9/22 24-26; g79 12/22 29; w78 7/15 10; g77 1/22 26; g77 6/8 30; w75 71; g75 2/8 29; g71 6/8 29; ev 122-124; g67 4/22 26-27; g67 9/22 11; g65 7/8 31; g64 8/22 9-11; g63 4/22 24; g60 12/8 19
nests: g80 6/8 15; ad 1221; g71 6/22 12; g71 7/22 13-15; w62 423-424; g61 5/8 22; g49 4/22 12-15
below a railroad track: g83 10/8 30
bird’s-nest soup: g78 3/8 30; g62 12/8 20
emperor penguin: ce 164
hornbill: ce 164
horned coot: ce 165
house wren: g79 3/22 26
long-tailed tit: g79 7/8 24
penduline tit: ce 165
swift: ce 164
tailorbird: ce 165
weaverbird: ce 165
nonflying: g63 9/8 21-24
number of ‘families’: ad 235
number of living species: w83 11/15 7
out-perform a modern airplane (quote): g78 6/22 29
Palestine: ad 236
Papua New Guinea: g78 6/8 22-24
pesticides: g73 1/22 30; g71 1/8 31; g71 4/22 11; g70 6/8 22
population: g65 7/8 15
pouches: g71 12/22 29
safety devices: g59 4/22 14
sense of hearing: g78 2/8 30
singing: ce 79, 150; g76 2/22 31; g74 5/22 25; g69 6/22 8-11; g57 3/22 13-15
learning song for its species: g78 1/22 30; g76 12/8 11
mockingbird: ce 150
musician wren: ce 150
snorkel and periscope: g70 6/8 8
snowshoes: g70 6/22 26
South Africa: g77 2/22 25-26
speed: g81 9/8 14; g78 1/22 21, 23; g74 2/22 14-15; w62 424
starlings abandoned roosting beneath a bridge that was soon to collapse: g84 3/22 30
Sweden:
drunken birds plague motorists: g77 2/22 30
symbolic: w74 731-732; w65 186; bf 225-226; w50 484; lt-2-30 38, 172
training: g78 8/8 25-26; g73 1/22 21; g59 10/22 26
tropics: g72 3/8 26
use for food: g62 12/8 22
varieties: ts 145-146; g62 8/22 20; g59 12/8 7; w58 387
Palestine: ad 236
waterproofing: g71 5/8 10
wisdom in creation: g74 2/22 15; ad 235; w70 361; w61 644
‘world’s largest flying bird’: g80 12/8 30
List by Name
albatross: g78 1/22 23; g78 10/8 24, 26; g68 7/8 16; g65 2/22 16, 18; g57 8/22 16
Archaeopteryx: ce 79-80; g78 1/22 24; ad 235; nh 56; g52 12/8 6-7
auk: g47 1/8 15
great auk: g67 8/22 19
bee eater: g32 12/7 134
Bengalese: g32 12/7 134-135
bird of paradise: g78 6/8 22-23; g74 5/22 24
bittern: g70 6/22 25; w64 383-384
blackbird: w75 248; g57 3/22 13, 15; g32 12/21 185
red-winged blackbird: g74 5/22 23
blackcap: ev 124; g67 4/22 26-27; g67 9/22 11
black skimmer: g71 7/22 13-14
bluebird: g32 12/7 135
blue jay: g70 12/22 26; g62 12/8 11
bluethroat: g32 12/7 135
bobolink: g69 6/22 9-10; g57 3/22 15; g32 12/7 135
bobwhite: g74 5/22 25
bokmakierie: g77 2/22 25-26
booby:
blue-footed booby: g85 9/22 14
bowerbird: g74 5/22 26; g60 10/22 22; g53 11/22 15; g50 11/22 24; g32 12/7 135
bulbul: ad 265-266
bustard: g32 12/7 135
butcher-bird: g53 11/22 15; g49 11/8 13-14; g32 12/7 135
cacique: g78 4/8 12
canary: g61 3/22 29
Cape wagtail: g77 2/22 25
cardinal: g74 5/22 24
cassowary: g63 9/8 23
catbird: g32 12/7 135
chickadee: g72 2/8 23
chicken: g80 10/22 30; g78 2/8 31; g73 2/22 19; ad 362, 753; g71 1/8 16; g71 8/8 30; g70 1/22 29; g70 3/22 29; g68 12/22 29; g62 5/22 29; g61 11/8 31
fighting cock: g74 1/22 31; g62 5/22 31
cockatoo: g78 8/8 25; g53 11/22 14; g50 10/22 21-22
condor: g82 8/22 31; g78 10/8 24, 26-27; g75 3/22 15; g70 11/8 31; g52 5/22 21-23; g32 12/7 135
coot:
horned coot: ce 165
cormorant: ad 381-382; g71 9/22 14-15; g32 12/7 135-136
cowbird: g32 12/7 136
Arment’s cowbird: g57 4/8 24; g32 12/7 136
crane: g53 11/22 15; g32 12/7 136
Japanese crane: g84 8/22 25
whooping crane: g77 9/22 31; g67 8/22 20
creeper: g32 12/7 136
crow: g57 3/22 14; g48 10/22 20-24; g46 3/13 29-30; g32 12/7 136; g32 12/21 182
cuckoo: g79 10/8 22-23; ad 400; g69 1/22 24; g69 6/22 11; g32 12/21 182
daurian redstart: g84 8/22 25
dipper (water ouzel): g71 7/22 14-15; g60 9/22 20; g50 11/22 24; g33 1/4 204
dodo: g67 8/22 17; g54 11/8 24
dove: w77 206; g77 2/22 25; g76 6/22 23; ad 463-464; sr55 267; rm 93-94
rock dove: ad 1221
turtledove: ad 1620
duck: g81 8/22 29-30; g73 2/22 19; g71 5/8 10; g70 12/22 26; g62 9/22 30; g59 12/8 15; g32 12/21 182-183
eider duck: g60 10/22 21-22
mallard: g62 12/8 11
pintail: g62 12/8 11
eagle: g82 6/8 31; g80 6/22 13; g78 1/22 23; g77 8/8 24-26; g75 7/22 31; g74 2/22 14; ad 472-474, 1221; g71 1/8 31; g70 12/22 11; fm 17-18, 230; g69 6/8 29; g68 10/22 28-29; w66 471; g65 7/8 8; w62 486-487; g62 4/8 24-26; g62 11/22 20; g53 11/22 15; g32 12/21 183-184
Australian eagle: g53 11/22 15
black eagle: g81 10/22 17-19
fish eagle: g77 1/8 24-25
harpy eagle: g75 3/22 13, 15
steppe eagle: g77 1/8 26
egret: g58 1/22 15
white egret: g84 8/22 25
elephant bird: g63 9/8 24
emu: w78 7/1 10; g74 2/22 14; g63 9/8 23; g53 11/22 13; g36 7/29 698; g32 12/21 185
falcon: w78 10/1 27; g78 1/22 21; ad 562-563; w62 486
peregrine falcon (duck hawk): g74 2/22 14-15; g73 3/8 30; g70 12/22 26
finch:
Darwin’s finds: ce 110
goldfinch: g71 6/22 12
woodpecker finch: g60 10/22 21
finfoot: g71 12/22 29
flamingo: g77 1/8 24, 26; g59 10/22 25-26; g50 11/22 24; g32 12/21 185
flicker: g72 2/8 23
flycatcher: g32 12/21 185
pied fantail: g83 9/8 10
frigate: g78 1/22 24; g74 2/22 15; g74 5/22 23
gannet: g71 9/22 13; g68 4/8 26; g32 12/21 185
glede: ad 662
gooney bird: g57 8/22 16
goose: g85 11/22 21; g78 10/8 24, 26-27; g78 10/22 30; g64 6/8 11; g62 6/22 15; g39 3/8 11
Canada goose: g76 10/22 24-26; g54 11/8 9-11
gray phalarope: g81 12/8 23
grebe: g74 5/22 26; g71 9/22 15
pied-billed grebe: g70 6/8 8
grouse: g32 12/21 185
ruffed grouse: g74 5/22 25; g70 6/22 26
sage grouse: g74 5/22 23
guillemot: g84 2/22 31
guinea fowl: g67 11/22 30; g32 12/21 185
gull: g78 1/22 23; ad 697-698; g58 4/8 9; g32 12/21 185-186
ring-billed gull: g62 12/8 11
sea gull: g60 10/22 21
hammerkop: g80 6/8 15
hawk: g78 1/22 23; g76 6/22 30; ad 562-563; g57 3/22 14; g32 12/21 186
heath cock: g32 12/21 186
heath hen: g67 8/22 19
heron: g74 8/22 26; ad 761-762; g70 6/22 25; g32 12/21 186
night heron: g74 5/22 24-25
hoactzin: g32 12/21 187
honey bird: g55 8/22 17-19; g32 12/21 187
honey eater: g32 12/21 187
hoopoe: ad 786
hornbill: ce 164; g83 3/8 27
hummingbird: g83 1/22 20; g80 3/8 26-28; g78 1/22 23; g78 4/8 14; g78 10/8 24-26; g75 3/22 15; g74 2/22 14; g74 5/22 25; g70 10/8 16; g70 11/22 9; g69 3/8 15; g67 10/22 16; g61 12/22 24; g59 4/22 14; g49 8/8 20-23; g32 12/21 187
ruby-throated hummingbird: ce 162
indigo bunting: g74 5/22 25
jackdaw: g77 2/22 16-17
jay: g54 10/22 9-11
kakapo: g63 9/8 22
killdeer: g71 7/22 13
kingbird: g32 12/21 187
kingfisher: g77 1/8 26; g71 9/22 14; g32 12/21 187
kite: ad 1010; g32 12/21 187
black-eared kite: g84 8/22 24
kiwi: g63 9/8 21-22; g51 1/22 24; g40 1/24 31
kookaburra: g79 12/8 25-26; g53 11/22 13-14
lark: g69 6/22 10
meadowlark: g32 12/21 188
longspur: g32 12/21 187
loon: g71 9/22 15; g32 12/21 187
lyrebird: g74 5/22 23-24; g53 11/22 14-15
magpie: g76 5/22 30
maleo: g85 9/22 14
mallee bird: g78 4/8 14-15
incubation of eggs: ce 157; g85 9/22 15
martin: g81 1/22 25
purple martin: g67 10/8 30; g62 12/8 11
megapode: g78 6/8 23-24
merganser: g70 12/22 26
moa: g63 9/8 24; g53 5/22 21-23; g32 12/21 188
mockingbird: ce 150
murre: g71 7/22 13
muttonbird: g55 3/22 20
mynah: g50 10/22 22-23
nighthawk: g71 7/22 13
nightingale: g69 6/22 11; g57 3/22 15; g33 1/4 203
nightjar: ad 1225
nuthatcher: g32 12/21 188
oriole: g71 7/22 15; g69 6/22 10; g32 12/21 188
osprey: g74 5/8 30; ad 1257-1258; g71 9/22 14; g62 12/8 11
ostrich: g79 6/22 20-23; g78 4/8 18-19; g74 2/22 14; g72 2/22 16; ad 1258-1259; g68 2/8 4; g63 9/8 23-24; w62 423-424; g49 1/8 20-23; g44 2/16 21; g33 1/4 197
ovenbird: g71 7/22 15
owl: g74 2/22 15; g72 2/8 23; ad 1262; g63 4/22 25; g57 3/22 13-14; g50 6/8 20-23; g49 3/22 21-22; g33 1/4 197
oxpecker: g72 6/8 11
oystercatcher: g83 10/8 30
parakeet: g81 2/22 20; g61 3/22 29
parrot: g78 3/22 8; g77 2/22 17; g70 10/8 3; g53 11/22 14; g50 10/22 21-23; g33 1/4 197-198
partridge: ad 1272
peacock: g74 5/22 23; ad 1281; g70 3/8 20-23; g33 1/4 198
pelican: g78 1/22 22-23; g77 1/8 25; ad 1283; g71 1/8 31; g71 9/22 13-14; g65 4/8 16; w64 383-384; g33 1/4 198
brown pelican: g85 4/22 30
penguin: g81 7/22 20; g79 10/22 20-22; g76 5/22 11; g75 12/22 20-22; g74 5/22 24; g65 4/8 10-12; g65 7/8 31; g64 2/22 13; g63 9/8 24; g61 2/22 20; g55 8/22 12; g50 11/22 24; g47 1/22 17-20
Adélie penguin: ce 163; g77 3/22 18
emperor penguin: ce 164; g85 9/22 14; g84 2/22 31; g77 3/22 18-19
why feet don’t freeze: g85 11/22 20
petrel: g49 12/8 13-15
pheasant: g70 6/22 25; g33 1/4 198
pied fantail: g83 9/8 10
pigeon: g79 6/22 19; g79 10/22 30; g78 1/22 22, 24; g77 11/22 24-26; g74 12/8 30; ad 1309-1310; g71 6/8 29; g67 4/22 27; g65 3/22 30; g64 8/22 10; g48 3/8 20; g33 1/4 198-199
homing pigeon (carrier pigeon): ce 162-163; g83 12/8 31; g79 9/22 26; g79 12/22 29; w78 7/15 10; g78 2/8 30; g78 5/22 29; w75 71; g75 2/8 29; g61 12/8 17; g48 3/8 20; g33 1/4 198-199
passenger pigeon: g83 5/22 9; g80 6/22 7; g69 4/8 31; g67 8/22 18-19
pintail: g62 12/8 11
plover: g70 6/22 26; g47 11/8 14; g33 1/4 199
golden plover: g74 1/8 22; g47 11/8 14
poorwill: g68 11/8 11; g62 11/22 19
quail: g81 8/22 30; ad 1361-1362; g33 1/4 199
quetzal: g33 1/4 199
raven: ad 1374; w62 86, 295-296; ns 139; g50 10/22 23; w35 68-69; g32 12/21 182
rhea: g63 9/8 24
roadrunner: g74 2/22 14; g68 11/8 10-11; g53 10/22 9-11
robin: g72 2/8 23; g71 7/22 14-15; g70 12/22 26; g62 4/8 31; g57 3/22 14-15; g40 8/21 25; g33 1/4 199-200
roc: g33 1/4 200
sandpiper: g71 7/22 13; g33 1/4 200
secretary bird: g33 1/4 200
shearwater: g67 10/22 16
Manx shearwater: ce 162-163
Tasmanian shearwater: g63 4/22 24
siskin: g44 2/16 20-21
skimmer: g71 9/22 14
skylark: g33 1/4 200
sparrow: g77 2/22 26; g76 12/8 11; ad 1540; ev 56; g62 5/8 26; g57 3/22 15; g33 1/4 200-201
swamp sparrow: g78 1/22 30
starling: g84 3/22 30; g71 2/22 19; g71 7/8 15; g64 8/22 10; g52 4/8 12; g52 6/22 21-23; g33 1/4 200-201
stork: g78 10/8 26; g74 5/22 24; pm 219; ad 1556; g71 1/8 31; w62 423; g53 7/22 8; g33 1/4 201-202
white stork: g74 1/8 22
wood stork: g85 4/22 30
stormcock: g33 1/4 203
Sudanese Dioch: g63 1/8 30
swallow: ad 1561-1562; g33 1/4 202
house swallow: g84 8/22 24
swan: g78 1/22 22; ts 24; ad 1562; g62 6/22 31
whistling swan: g57 9/8 16
swift: ce 164; g78 1/22 21; g78 3/8 30; g74 2/22 15; ad 1562-1563; g71 7/22 15
chimney swift: g74 2/22 15; g62 12/8 11; g47 11/8 14
spine-tailed swift: g78 1/22 21; g74 2/22 15
swiftlet: g70 11/22 11
tailorbird: ce 165; g80 6/8 15
takahe: g63 9/8 22
tanager: g33 1/4 202
tegwane: g33 1/4 202
teratorn: g80 12/8 30
tern: g74 5/22 24; ad 698; g71 9/22 14; g47 6/8 24; g47 11/8 14
arctic tern: ce 161; g77 3/22 18; g71 7/8 12; g69 6/22 9; g67 10/22 16; g64 8/22 9; g47 6/8 24; g47 11/8 14
Caspian tern: g62 12/8 11
thrasher: g33 1/4 202
thrush: g69 6/22 10; g60 10/22 21; g33 1/4 203
song thrush: g60 10/22 21
tickbird: g70 6/22 26
tinamou: g63 9/8 24
tit (titmouse): g57 3/22 14; g33 1/4 203
Cape penduline: g80 6/8 15
European penduline: g80 6/8 15
long-tailed: g84 8/22 24; g79 7/8 24
penduline tit: ce 165
tomtit: g72 3/22 20-22
turkey: g70 12/22 25; g33 1/4 203
verdin: g68 11/8 10
vireo: g33 1/4 203
vulture: g79 6/22 30; g78 1/22 22-23; ad 1642; g70 12/22 25; g65 2/22 17-18; g65 10/22 23; g61 5/22 19; g58 4/8 9-10; w55 104; g33 1/4 203
warbler: g69 6/22 9; g64 8/22 9-11; g33 1/4 203-204
barred warbler: g80 6/8 15
blackpoll warbler: ce 161-162; g81 9/22 16; w78 7/15 10; w73 579-580
waxwing: g74 5/22 24
weaverbird: ce 165; g84 1/22 24; g80 6/8 15; g77 2/22 25-26; g62 6/22 12-13; g33 1/4 204
weka: g63 9/8 22
whippoorwill: g33 1/4 204
whydah: g33 1/4 204
woodcock: g74 5/22 25-26; g70 12/8 30; g69 6/22 10; g33 1/4 204
woodpecker: g84 1/22 24; g77 5/8 20-21; g76 9/8 29; g74 5/22 25; g71 5/22 31; g70 11/22 9; ev 56, 58; g65 2/8 21; g63 12/22 15; g57 3/22 15; g53 9/8 13-15; g49 11/8 13; g33 1/4 204-205
wren: g79 3/22 26; g71 7/22 14; g57 3/22 15; g33 1/4 205
house wren: g79 3/22 26
musician wren: ce 150