BIRDS
(See also Feathers; Flying Creatures; Nests)
(Note centered heading below: List by Name)
aircraft collisions: g92 5/8 31; g90 5/8 29
bird patrol at New York’s Kennedy Airport: g87 10/22 30
falcons scare away birds (Toronto): g90 5/8 29
fishing line clears birds from runway approach (Tokyo): g88 10/22 29-30
goshawks scare away gulls (Spain): g92 5/8 31
Israeli military: g87 9/22 29
reduced by painted eyes: g87 4/22 31
Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve: g95 11/22 15-18
Arctic: g 2/07 25-26
as pets: g89 6/8 20
Australia:
Fraser Island: g 3/06 16-17
balance when standing and walking: g03 8/8 28
Bible usage: it-1 317-318; wp16.6 8-9
bird protects chicks (Ps 91; Mt 23): w02 10/1 12
cock: it-1 486
hen: it-1 1088
biological clocks: g86 6/8 20-21
birdcatcher: it-1 315-316
Satan acts as (Ps 91:3): mwb16.08 3; w07 10/1 26-30; w01 11/15 16
birdhouses:
miniature mansions (Istanbul): g 1/11 18
bird tracking: g02 3/22 13
banding (ringing): g02 3/22 13-14; g96 7/22 16
bird-watching: g 8/14 10-11; g01 3/8 11; g98 7/8 23-27; g96 7/22 17
Brazil:
Abrolhos archipelago: g02 12/22 17
Britain:
estuaries: g97 3/22 24-27
Minsmere nature reserve: g96 7/22 15-18
oldest bird: g04 2/8 29
Christmas Island (Pacific): g 8/07 16-18
clean and unclean: it-1 317
colors: ijwwd article 21
communication: w08 5/1 4-5; g03 9/22 4, 6-8
from egg: w08 5/1 4
Costa Rica: g95 7/8 16-17, 19
Côte d’Ivoire: g04 9/8 16-17
courage: w94 9/15 25
discussion: it-1 316-318
diving birds:
gannet: ijwwd article 12
echolocation: g03 3/8 8-9
effect of buildings and spotlights: g 2/09 10-11; g00 11/8 29
effect of oil spills:
after being cleaned: g96 10/22 28
effect of Rhine River chemical spill: g87 4/8 29-30
effect of warmer weather: g04 8/8 28
eggs: g 9/11 28
incubation: ijwwd article 32
endangered species:
albatross: g02 3/22 13; g01 11/22 7; g98 5/22 15-17; g97 6/22 24
birds breeding in Germany: g93 1/8 28-29
condor: g96 6/8 29; g93 2/22 12; g86 2/8 29
Coto Doñana preserve: g88 7/8 16-18
crane: g03 9/22 17; g01 7/22 18
ecological warning: g94 11/22 28
house sparrow (Britain): g01 2/8 31
hummingbird (Venezuela): g94 12/8 28
imperial eagle: g88 7/8 18
Japanese ibis: g86 11/22 30
northern bald ibis: g 6/10 10-11
parrot: g02 7/22 31
quetzal: g00 2/8 27
stork: g90 1/8 17; g87 2/8 30
takahe (New Zealand): g94 11/8 31
vulture: g93 2/22 12
evidence of Creator: it-1 316-317; g 7/07 3; g 9/06 8; g97 5/8 3, 15; g86 2/22 6-7
evolution theory: g 7/07 25; g87 7/22 12
feathers: g 7/07 24-25; g90 10/22 16
fossil fraud: g 7/07 24; g00 7/22 28
lack of transitional forms: it-1 316; g90 10/22 16
exotic-bird trade: g91 5/8 29; g90 5/22 28
families: it-1 317
feathers: it-1 316-317; g 3/10 5; g 7/07 23-25; g90 10/22 16
preening: g05 2/8 30; g04 4/22 23-24
reflection of UV light: g04 3/22 28-29
fishing: g 9/11 12-13
farthest: g 8/09 30
fast fliers: it-2 1048; w06 1/15 15; g99 10/8 16
feather design: g 7/07 23
high fliers: g 7/07 3; g93 2/22 12; g88 7/22 29
in flocks: g86 1/22 15
in V-formation: g02 7/8 28
while asleep: g02 11/22 29
Flood: it-1 317
food poisoning: g97 1/8 28
gas detectors in mines: g87 9/8 31
Greek words: it-1 316; it-2 634
how reptiles differ: it-1 316; g87 7/22 12
pterosaurs: g90 2/8 6
intelligence: g04 11/8 29
Jehovah’s care for (Mt 6:26): w23.03 17-18; w03 6/15 31
Kenya:
Lake Bogoria: g92 5/8 23-25
killed by cats: g93 2/22 28
Law covenant:
mother and eggs not both taken: it-2 494
Mexico:
overpopulation in Mexico City: g00 3/22 29
migration: g 7/07 3; g 9/06 8; g95 9/22 15-18; g86 2/22 6-7
arctic tern: g17.4 8; g 7/07 3; g95 9/22 18
bar-tailed godwit: g 1/13 16; g 8/09 30
blackpoll warbler: w86 4/1 14-15
common tern: g97 8/8 29
Danube Delta: g05 10/22 26
effect of magnetism: g88 4/22 30
estuaries at high tide: g97 3/22 24-27
Israel: it-2 1039; g87 9/22 29
large birds: g86 2/22 7
organs shrink in preparation: g99 3/8 28-29
purple martin: g87 10/8 18
quail: it-2 718
record holders: g 8/09 30; g97 8/8 29
red knot: g 8/06 18; g02 3/22 14
role of Coto Doñana preserve: g88 7/8 16-18
ruby-throated hummingbird: g00 1/22 9; w96 4/1 12
short-tailed shearwater: g86 9/22 30
Słowiński National Park (Poland): g04 3/22 19
stork: w23.03 16-17; it-2 1039; wp16.6 8-9; g90 1/8 14-16
swift: it-2 1048; g 10/14 7; g04 12/22 29
timing: g86 2/22 7
turtledove: it-2 1134
V-formation: g02 7/8 28
waders (shorebirds): g 8/06 17-18
nests: it-2 494
bird’s-nest soup: g95 6/22 28; g87 6/22 29
communal builders: g88 4/22 31
decoy nests: g87 8/22 29
swift: g99 10/8 16-17
new species found: g04 7/22 28; g03 10/22 28
number of species: ct 28; g96 7/22 17; g95 3/8 16; g94 11/22 28
oldest-known wild: g 4/14 3
plastic ingested: g05 2/8 29
pollination of flowers: g 4/07 17; g02 7/8 28; g01 6/22 18-19
prison inmates care for: g00 5/8 25
raising young: g01 1/22 16-17
sacrifices: it-1 315
bird dipped in blood of another: it-1 226
turtledoves or young pigeons: w22.02 31; it-2 638, 1134; w87 12/1 28-29
Singapore:
Jurong Bird Park: g87 7/8 16-17
singing: w08 5/1 4-5; w04 1/15 9; g03 9/22 6-7; g02 4/8 19; g97 5/8 15; g96 7/22 16-17; g94 2/22 30; g93 6/22 18-20; g91 5/22 15-19
cardinal: g90 3/8 31
duets: g99 12/8 16-17
effect of noise: g 2/09 30
mimicking car alarms: g97 2/8 29
nightingale: g05 4/8 28-29; g96 7/22 15, 17
recognizing songs: g99 9/8 31
regional accents: g94 6/8 29
sleep: g99 10/8 29; g97 10/8 24
smallest: cl 54; g02 9/8 28
songbirds: ijwwd article 42
Spain:
Coto Doñana preserve: g88 7/8 16-18
Monfragüe nature reserve: g02 5/22 17-18
speed:
eagle: w06 1/15 15
falcon: w06 1/15 15
hummingbird: g 6/10 30
ostrich: cl 54; it-2 563; g 8/14 11; w06 1/15 14; g99 7/22 16; g87 9/22 6
pigeon: it-2 638
survival in winter snow: g 2/08 17-18
symbiotic relationships: g05 9/8 8, 10
symbolic:
invited to “great evening meal of God” (Re 19:17): re 284-285
Jehovah likened to (Ps 91:4): w01 11/15 16-17
lodge in mustard tree (Mt 13:32; Mr 4:32; Lu 13:19): w08 7/15 18-19
use for food: it-1 315, 317, 844
migratory birds (illegal): g91 7/22 31
vision: it-1 316; g03 3/8 5-6
color: g 7/07 19, 25
waders (shorebirds): g 8/06 16-18; g97 3/22 24-27
wings: it-1 317; g86 1/22 15
upturned tip on soaring birds: g 2/15 16
List by Name
(Where no references appear, see main heading)
albatross:
Archaeopteryx:
Archaeornis: it-1 316
avocet: g96 7/22 15-17
bantam: g03 9/22 4
bee-eater:
bittern:
boubou (bell bird): g99 12/8 16-17
brolga: g96 11/8 14-16
bulbul:
cahow:
canary: g94 11/22 18; g91 1/22 31; g87 9/8 31
cardinal:
Carrizal Seedeater: g04 7/22 28
cassowary: g96 11/8 14, 16
cedar waxwing: g94 7/22 10
chaffinch: w08 5/1 5
chickadee:
black-capped: g04 3/22 28-29
chicken:
chukar: g 2/07 18
Clark’s nutcracker: w08 7/1 11
cockatoo:
palm: g03 9/22 7-8
cock-of-the-rock:
Guianan: g98 9/22 15-17
Peruvian: g98 9/22 15
condor: g93 2/22 12; g86 2/8 29
Andean condor: g86 6/22 31
California condor: g96 6/8 29
cormorant:
crane:
crow: g99 11/22 28; g98 1/8 28; g95 1/22 29
cuckoo:
dipper: g94 3/22 31
dove:
duck: g01 5/8 28
red-crested pochard: g88 7/8 16
eagle:
egret:
emu: g05 2/22 14-15; g96 11/8 14-15, 17; g93 6/22 28
falcon:
finch:
flamingo:
gallinule, purple: g88 7/8 17
gannet:
glede:
godwit:
bar-tailed: g 1/13 16; g 8/09 30
goose:
grebe: g05 3/22 14
gull:
hammerkop: g93 3/22 31
heron:
hoatzin:
honey guide: g03 9/22 8; g93 11/8 3
hoopoe:
hornbill:
African ground hornbill: g98 1/8 24-25
huia: g92 8/8 28
hummingbird:
ibis:
jabiru: g99 9/8 16; g96 11/8 14-17
kea:
kestrel: it-1 806-807
kingfisher:
kite:
kiwi, brown: g 4/12 25; g87 7/8 16-17
lammergeier: it-2 1164; g96 2/22 25; g88 9/8 27
loon (diver):
lyrebird: g03 9/22 7
macaw:
magpie: g 6/09 29; g94 7/8 31
mallee bird (malleefowl): ijwwd article 32
marabou:
martin, purple: g87 10/8 18
megapode (Australian scrub fowl): g95 1/22 16-17
nightingale: g05 4/8 28-29; g96 7/22 15, 17
nightjar:
osprey:
ostrich:
owl:
oxpecker: g88 4/22 16
paradise flycatcher: g92 5/8 24-25
paradise whydah: g92 5/8 24-25
parakeet: g02 10/22 28; g89 6/8 20
parrot:
partridge:
peacock:
pelican:
penguin:
pepper bird: w89 5/15 26
phalarope:
red-necked phalarope: g96 5/22 28
pigeon:
plover:
American golden plover: g95 9/22 18
blacksmith plover: w94 9/15 25
puffin: g00 5/8 14-15
quail:
quetzal: g00 2/8 26-27
raven:
red knot: g 8/06 18; g02 3/22 14
rhea: g05 2/22 16-17
robin: g96 10/8 30
British robin: g96 2/8 15
rock dove: it-2 494
roller, lilac-breasted: g90 10/22 16
sandpiper: g86 1/22 15
shearwater:
Manx shearwater: g95 9/22 18
short-tailed shearwater: g97 5/8 26; g86 9/22 30
shrike, white helmet: g88 4/22 31
snipe: g88 7/22 29
sparrow:
spinetail:
yellow-throated spinetail: g87 8/22 29
spoonbill: g88 7/8 17-18
spotted dikkop: w94 9/15 25
starling: g03 2/22 28
stork:
sunbirds: g98 8/8 16-17
swallow:
swan:
swift:
takahe: g 4/12 27; g94 11/8 31
tern:
tinamou: g86 6/8 20
toucan:
turtledove:
vulture:
warbler:
weaverbird: g02 4/8 19
woodpecker:
wren:
jenny wren (kitty wren): g98 9/8 31