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Bird #547 — Black Woodpecker

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

dryocopus (from drus, tree, and kopos, beating) martius (name for a woodpecker with a tufted crest) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 9:46 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse This bird was also on my … Continue reading →

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Bird #546 — Eurasian Treecreeper

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

certhia (small tree-dwelling, insect-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle) familiaris (familiar) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 8:10 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse One of the weirdest things about birding in Germany is how similar … Continue reading →

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Bird #545 — Eurasian Bullfinch

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

pyrrhula pyrrhula (worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 8:00 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse On Wednesday evening, I developed a sore throat. I thought it might be an allergic reaction … Continue reading →

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Dachau Concentration Camp

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Roger

Although we knew it would be sobering, we decided to visit Dachau Concentration Camp. The memorial, which feels huge, only covers maybe a quarter of the war-period footprint of the camp. The rectangle in the far right, with the U-shaped … Continue reading →

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German Food

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Roger

We spent Wednesday in and around Munich, about two hours from Boblingen. Before we got on the Autobahn, we stopped at the local McDonald’s. I don’t know what language the guy behind the counter spoke, but it wasn’t English or … Continue reading →

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