birds Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/birds/ To prepare people for eternal life. Thu, 26 May 2022 01:04:03 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg birds Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/birds/ 32 32 Nature – Creatures of the Air https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-creatures-of-the-air-2/ Thu, 26 May 2022 01:04:03 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=24597 ...it is easy to understand how a bird in the air is described in Proverbs 30:18, 19 as a sight “too wonderful for me.”

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]]> Nature – Why Birds’ Feet Don’t Freeze https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-why-birds-feet-dont-freeze/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:38:46 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=23753 ...for birds such as geese, ducks, and other waterfowl that spend time on ice or in cold water, keeping their legs and feet warm is essential for survival. Birds rely on a vascular system called rete mirabile designed to keep their feet warm.

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]]> Nature – Creatures of the Air https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-creatures-of-the-air/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:58:52 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=23115 Add to this package highly efficient digestive and respiratory systems, a large and powerful heart, and feathers that streamline, insulate, and provide the necessary lift for wings and tail, and it is easy to understand how Solomon could describe a bird in the air as a sight “too wonderful for me” (Proverbs 30:18, 19).

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]]> Nature Nugget – Feathered Jewels https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-feathered-jewels/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:57:38 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=19285 Not only are hummingbirds the smallest birds in the world, many weigh less than a penny, they are also among the most colorful and are often referred to as "feathered jewels."

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]]> Nature Nugget – Pelagic Tubenoses https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-pelagic-tubenoses/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:10:28 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=19136 Tubenoses are a group of marine birds that spend the majority of their lives at sea, only coming to land to nest. Members of this group include the well known albatrosses and the lesser known shearwaters and petrels.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Shorebirds Talents https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-shorebirds-talents/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:41:48 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=19018 Shorebirds have an amazing variety of bill shapes and sizes allowing them to feed in various habitats from dry soil to shallow water. Differences in bill length and shape and in leg length allow various species to flock together for protection without seriously competing with each other for food.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Are Bluebirds Truly Blue? https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-are-bluebirds-truly-blue/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:48:10 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13852 The blue coloration of most blue-colored birds such as bluebirds and white birds such as egrets is not from pigments but from structural coloration called schemochromes. This is a result of small changes in feather structure that alters their light reflective properties and results in a preferential scattering of light.

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]]> Nature Nugget – The Bird-watcher’s Lifelist https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-the-bird-watchers-lifelist/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:22:04 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13778 The most important list for the serious birder is his Lifelist. The Lifelist is a running list kept of all new species encountered that one has never seen before. When a “birder” encounters a “Lifer,” as new species are called,...

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]]> Nature Nugget – Dove Invasion https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-dove-invasion/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:59:16 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13745 Over a 44-year period during the past century, the Collared-Dove expanded its range westward by 1,800 miles, covering most of Europe at an average rate of 41 miles per year.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Brood Parasitism https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-brood-parasitism/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:56:07 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13701 Only the birds that lived deep in the few large, unfragmented-forested areas left were safe from the cowbirds. Most of the eastern host species are slowly adapting to the cowbirds, but a few species are not and are threatened or endangered because of habitat loss and cowbird brood parasitism.

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