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Bird #510 — Eurasian Blackbird

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

turdus (thrush) merula (blackbird) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:28 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) This bird is closely related to the American Robin and acts and looks similar to it in every way except color. The Blackbird … Continue reading →

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Bird #509 — Eurasian Blue Tit

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

cyanistes (dark blue) caeruleus (cerulean) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:21 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) A couple of these colorful, lively birds were moving through the trees above the trail on Rubble Hill. They were just a … Continue reading →

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Bird #508 — Common Wood-Pigeon

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

columba (pigeon, dove) palumbus (wood pigeon) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:19 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) We’d only walked a little way up the trail to the top of Rubble Hill when I spotted two large pigeons … Continue reading →

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Bird #507 — Common Buzzard

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

buteo buteo (buzzard) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:16 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) At Rubble Hill, a path spirals up the hill through the woods to the highest spot in Stuttgart. We had just parked and crossed … Continue reading →

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Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill)

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

Our daughter and son-in-law were amazing tour guides. Our plane landed at 9:10. We connected with them about half an hour later. We made a quick stop at their apartment to drop off luggage, and by 11:15, we were out … Continue reading →

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