Category Archives: Birds

ardea (heron. In Roman mythology the town of Ardea was razed to the ground, and from the ashes rose a lean, pale bird, shaking the cinders from its wings and uttering mournful cries) cinerea (ash-gray) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — … Continue reading →

carduelis carduelis (goldfinch) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 2:19 pm Waldenbuch, Germany — Ritter Sport Museum We were sitting in the Ritter Cafe when I spotted two small birds flit down from a bush and land on a fence along … Continue reading →

falco (falcon, from falcis, sickle) tinnunculus (kestrel, from tinnulus, shrill sounding) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 1:40 pm Waldenbuch, Germany — Ritter Sport Museum We went to the Ritter chocolate factory/museum/cafe. Although it was on the edge of the town … Continue reading →

corvus (raven) corone (crow, from krozo, to croak) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 12:20 pm Stuttgart, Germany — Patch Barracks My daughter had to buy a ham for Easter dinner, so she took us to the commissary at Patch Barracks, … Continue reading →

sylvia (woodland sprite, little bird, warbler) atricapilla (black-haired) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:50 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) I located this bird by its jumbled song as it foraged in the trees near the top of Rubble … Continue reading →