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Bird #532 — Coal Tit

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

periparus (from peri, very, all-around, and parus, tit) ater (dull black) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 5:28 pm Murren, Switzerland We’d finished our walking tour of Murren and were heading back to our hotel when we stopped to watch a … Continue reading →

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Bird #531 — Yellow-billed Chough

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

pyrrhocorax (from purrhos, flame-coloured, red, and korax, raven) graculus (origin unknown) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 4:45 pm Murren, Switzerland After taking the cable car up to Murren and checking into our hotel, we wandered the streets of the town. … Continue reading →

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Murren

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

My daughter booked us a night at the Edelweiss Hotel in Murren, Switzerland, 5,374 feet up in the Alps. To get there, we had to catch a cable car in Lauterbrunnen. We bought our tickets and walked up the stairs … Continue reading →

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Bird #530 — Great Crested Grebe

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

podiceps (from podicis, vent, and pes, foot) cristatus (crested, plummed) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:40 pm Thun, Switzerland — Aare River I spotted this large grebe swimming and diving in the Aare River as we walked back to the … Continue reading →

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Bird #529 — White Wagtail

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

motacilla (wagtail) alba (dull white) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:30 pm Thun, Switzerland — Schadau Castle on Lake Thun This one surprised me. In North America, White Wagtails are generally vagrants down from Alaska. I assumed they were arctic … Continue reading →

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