Category Archives: Birds

sitta (bird like a woodpecker mentioned by Aristotle) europaea (European) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 7:00 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) I was walking toward the cemetery gate, getting ready to walk back to the apartment when … Continue reading →

troglodytes troglodytes (cave-dweller) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 6:45 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) This was one of those rare times when I was looking at a bird I’d never seen before but didn’t know I’d never seen … 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) viridis (green) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 6:25 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter … Continue reading →

aegithalos (tit) caudatus (tailed) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 6:25 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) This is a funny little bird with a long tail, black eyebrows, and a pinkish wash on its belly and side. I … Continue reading →

erithacus (winter bird that changed into the redstart in summer) rubecula (red breast) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 6:20 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) This was a bird I really was hoping to see. It hopped onto … Continue reading →