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    The Humblest Bird in America
    • Apr 28
    • 7 min

    The Humblest Bird in America

    A bird that ranks 200th out of 200 on the bird-obnoxiousness scale might be worth a look for those wrestling with their own pride.
    315 views
    Birdnados and Murmurations: Blessed Be the Tie That Binds
    • Mar 7
    • 9 min

    Birdnados and Murmurations: Blessed Be the Tie That Binds

    The flock makes the ordinary extraordinary. Swifts and starlings find their beauty in an invisible connectedness, like the Church.
    574 views
    Arctic Tern: Chasing Daylight
    • Jan 23
    • 8 min

    Arctic Tern: Chasing Daylight

    No single creature on this globe lives more of its life in daylight than the Arctic Tern. To what lengths will we go to live in the light?
    861 views
    Snowbound: A Christmas Story
    • Dec 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Snowbound: A Christmas Story

    God sent Jesus to speak our language, wear our frame, walk our soil, bear our burdens — to seek and save storm-disoriented sparrows like us.
    233 views
    Inti Tanager: Something New Under the Sun
    • Nov 26, 2021
    • 6 min

    Inti Tanager: Something New Under the Sun

    Discovering a new species should stir our imagination and humble anyone who thinks we’ve got this world pretty much figured out.
    156 views
    Pigeon: Knowing the Way Home
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 9 min

    Pigeon: Knowing the Way Home

    Your purpose includes your place—a concept that can gift you with the freedom of roots. Want to learn the way home? Consider the pigeon.
    376 views
    Birding Pt. 2: Pilgrims with Binoculars
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Birding Pt. 2: Pilgrims with Binoculars

    An avian flash mob walked past their cars and further on into a growing upward-looking crowd... The word got out, and the faithful gathered.
    133 views
    Birding Pt. 1: Magnificent Obsession
    • Mar 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Birding Pt. 1: Magnificent Obsession

    The pursuit of avian beauty offers a template for our communal pursuit of the Beautiful One.
    255 views
    Lorikeet: In the Eye of the Beholder
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 8 min

    Lorikeet: In the Eye of the Beholder

    How could a bird so valued on one side of the globe be so dismissed at the other?
    910 views
    Mockingbird: Repeat After Me
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    Mockingbird: Repeat After Me

    If your life outlook is grounded in a commitment to personal growth, the mockingbird is an apt metaphor for you, a mascot of good-to-great.
    336 views
    An Ornitheologist Looks at the 12 Days of Christmas
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    An Ornitheologist Looks at the 12 Days of Christmas

    Birds make great gifts, but you have to know when to quit.
    473 views
    Turkey: Gratitude for Awkward Grace
    • Nov 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Turkey: Gratitude for Awkward Grace

    Could a live turkey—not just the cooked and basted type—evoke in us a gratitude for awkward grace?
    300 views
    Wren: Lessons in Relentless Song
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 7 min

    Wren: Lessons in Relentless Song

    What if its DNA is shaped less like a double-helix and more like a treble staff?
    540 views
    Hummingbird: Resisting a Rest
    • Sep 4, 2020
    • 5 min

    Hummingbird: Resisting a Rest

    Like hummingbirds, we were made to move. Our wings and hearts should beat fast with holy purpose. Work matters. But so does rest.
    483 views
    Cockatoo: The House Thrown In
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Cockatoo: The House Thrown In

    “If you take care of the things that I value most, you will inherit so much more.”
    194 views
    Ornitheology: The Origins of a Splendid Made-Up Word
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ornitheology: The Origins of a Splendid Made-Up Word

    "To remain sane and grounded on this planet, every one of us should make some sort of attentive effort to some aspect of God's creation..."
    573 views

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