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Bird #543 — Graylag Goose

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

anser anser (goose) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 6:15 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We had finished our circumperambulation of the pond in downtown Boblingen and were back where I had seen the Egyptian Geese an hour earlier. This … Continue reading →

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Bird #542 — Eurasian Moorhen

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

gallinula (little hen) chloropus (from khloros, green, and pous, foot) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 6:05 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We walked the path around the pond in the park in downtown Boblingen. At one end, there was … Continue reading →

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Bird #541 — Egyptian Goose

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

alopochen (from alopos fox-like, and khen goose)  aegyptiaca (Egyptian) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 5:05 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We took a tour of the town on Sunday afternoon. We ended up downtown in a pretty park surrounding … Continue reading →

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Bird #540 — Great Spotted Woodpecker

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

dendrocopos (from dendron, tree, and kopos, striking) major (greater) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:57 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse The Great Spotted Woodpecker very much has the vibe of a Hairy Woodpecker. … Continue reading →

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Bird #539 — Gray-headed Woodpecker

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

picus (king of Latium, who married the beautiful nymph and songstress Canens and was changed into a woodpecker by the spiteful Circe, whose affections he had spurned) canus (gray) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:50 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking … Continue reading →

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