Category Archives: Birds

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →