Category Archives: Birds

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 →

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 →

fulica (coot) atra (dull black) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:00 pm Thun, Switzerland — Aare River We spent a night in Murren, Switzerland. On the way, we drove into the town of Thun and walked along the Aare River … Continue reading →

pica pica (magpie) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 7:21 pm Boblingen, Germany — Herdweg and Sudetenstrasse On my way back through the town, I spotted an Eurasian Magpie on the roof of a house. It looked just like the Black-billed Magpies … Continue reading →

phylloscopus (from phullon, leaf, and skopos, seeker) trochilus  (wren) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 7:10 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) I spotted this nondescript warbler in the trees along the cemetery fence. I hadn’t spent much time … Continue reading →