Author Archives: Roger

coccothraustes coccothraustes (from kokkos, seed, and thrauo, to break, to shatter) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:05 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse Panzerstrasse is a busy road. A bike path runs alongside it, and … Continue reading →

myodes glareolus Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:46 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse As I strolled through the woods near the Panzer Kaserne Barracks, I kept hearing rustling noises from either side of … Continue reading →

turdus (thrush) philomelos (for Philomela, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, who was violated by her brother-in-law Tereus and changed into a nightingale) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:45 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the … Continue reading →

dendrocoptes (from dendron, tree, and kopto, to strike) medius (intermediate) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:20 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse It is my opinion that this attractive woodpecker has a very stupid … Continue reading →

garrulus (chattering, noisy) glandarius (of acorns) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:14 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse In my experience, Eurasian Jays are skittish birds that never let me approach closely and almost … Continue reading →