Category Archives: Birds

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 →

phylloscopus (from phullon, leaf, and skopos, seeker) collybita (money-changer, from its song resembling the chinking of coins) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:00 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse Right next to the Panzer … Continue reading →

milvus milvus (kite) Saturday, April 20, 2019 — 2:35 pm Zurich, Switzerland — A4 west of town I was watching carefully for Red Kites everywhere we went, and I think I’d seen a few earlier on our trip. But I … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →