BIRDS IN DRAYTON HARBOR - BY THE SEA
BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA
WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING
This Gull is the GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. Here in Blaine, WA., I see them here on the roofs calling to each other. They are very happy to feed on bread if it is strewn for them to find.
In my life, walking by faith, here I have a blessed joy in seeing the Birds here. Part of this will be found in learning more about these birds, and discovering more about the area I live in.
AUDUBON ORG - BIRDS TO IDENTIFY
It is absolutely fascinating to realize how God has given us so much to enjoy and appreciate. Let us not take our birds for granted. The encroachment of public life upon the terrain and the way that birds migrate has a lot to do with why we are seeing some birds endangered and others multiplying. So learn with me.
Where you are is where to start.
The habits of birds, and their needs for even traveling the many miles of migration is part of what we see happening today.
Did you know that the BARN SWALLOW needs wetlands to migrate ? and that even if you do not think the CATTAILS do any good - they are perfect for the swallows and the hummingbirds to migrate with - They feed on the mosquitos and the small insects that inhabit the wetlands.
Here are two kinds of swallows.
AND HERE IS THE NORTHWESTERN CROW
Did you know that crows are very good parents?
And if a baby crow loses itself, it will find another nest where there are babies to care for, and it will help "out" in keeping the nest clean, and feeding the other babies, until the parents let it in and it becomes "part" of that group. Persistance pays off.
If it were not for Crows and Owls, rats and mice would over run us. So remember to be thankful even for the Crow.
When you think of BLAINE WA
you will realize
that BIRCH BAY
is really side by side with this town.
YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT
THE DRAYTON HARBOR
AND SEE THE COMORANTS
Looking up in this dictionary, I found this picture
of the COMORANT
This is a Double-Crested Comorant.
We also have the Pelagic Comorants here in
Drayton Harbor.
Here is a colony of nesting Double-Crested Comorants below.
PSALM 90
1. LORD, THOU HAST BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE IN ALL GENERATIONS.
2.BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH, OR EVER THOU HADST FORMED THE EARTH AND THE WORLD, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD.
PSALM 91.
1. HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.
2. I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD, IN HIM WILL I TRUST.
PSALM 103. 15 - 19
15. AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE AS GRASS: AS A FLOWER OF THE FIELD, SO HE FLOURISHETH,
16.FOR THE WIND PASSETH OVER IT, AND IT IS GONE, AND THE PLACE THEROF SHALL KNOW IT NO MORE.
17. BUT THE MERCY OF THE LORD IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
18. TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT, AND TO THOSE THAT REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM.
19. THE LORD HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE IN THE HEAVENS; AND HIS KINGDOM RULETH OVER ALL.
MATTHEW 6.26
BEHOLD, THE FOWLS OF THE AIR - FOR THEY SOW NOT NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR DO THEY GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM. ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY?
THE GREAT BLUE HERON IS HERE ALSO.
DUCKS ARE HERE IN THEIR TIME OF MIGRATION -
HERE IS A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.
I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.
GOD'S CARE AND INTRICATE WISDOM IS REVEALED IN HOW THE BIRDS KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TIME TO GO...HE WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRCH BAY, WA. IS WHERE I ATTEND. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW GOD'S CARE IS REVEALED IN HIS WONDERFUL WORD - THE BIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED.
