Birds fly with such ease and grace, majestic in their form and design. Their colours are displayed for mankind to see and appreciate. We marvel at their individual abilities to procure food, each species having their own specialized methods.
Sea Birds can spot a dinner from altitude and steeply dive toward their goal, pierce the water and swim to secure it. They actually swim/fly through the water and then surface to again fly to altitude; Marvelous!
The Goshawk is a fast, low flying predator that can weave its way through dense forest trees and limbs, folding its wings, flying sideways, upside down, through tight openings that require pushing against limbs with its feet to control the squeeze through the opening. All this while flying at great speed to catch its prey; Complete flight control, Fantastic!
The Kingfisher perches on a rock or tree limb over the waters edge and searches the surface for a fish. When spotted, the Kingfisher dives into the water, spears the fish, resurfaces, and flies back to his perch all in one quick motion. And the bird never misses, never. Incredible!
I could mention each and every bird we know of with the same appreciation of their unique abilities and this blog would go on forever.
Man can fly. But we do it with machines, noisy contraptions that we design and manufacture. We produce wings, inspired by birds. We take great pride in our airplanes and boast over our achievements, and rightly so, because they are magnificent machines. But can we match the beauty and gracefulness of birds?
I want to praise the Great Creator God Jehovah for his designing and creative genius. - Ecclesiastes 8:17
You know what's a great bird? The common crow. No seriously, they're extremely intelligent compared to other birds and have been observed building and using tools to retrieve food. Plus, scientists have observed them relaying instructions to their peers to aid in the food retrieving process. As a species, they're more common than practically any other bird-of-prey in North America.
ReplyDeleteAll I'm saying is maybe we should keep an eye on them, they might be up to something.