Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Guernsey State Park

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Roger

I spent three and a half hours on Monday morning birding in Guernsey State Park. I picked it primarily because it was there. I got out of my car several times, but I never wandered far from it. The park … Continue reading →

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Sheridan, Wyoming

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Roger

Although I’d planned what I wanted to do every day on my trip, I left things open enough to account for some spontaneity. The one nonnegotiable was Little Bighorn, which meant that I had to stay somewhere reasonably close on … Continue reading →

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Bird #547 — Black Woodpecker

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

dryocopus (from drus, tree, and kopos, beating) martius (name for a woodpecker with a tufted crest) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 9:46 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse This bird was also on my … Continue reading →

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Bird #546 — Eurasian Treecreeper

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

certhia (small tree-dwelling, insect-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle) familiaris (familiar) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 8:10 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse One of the weirdest things about birding in Germany is how similar … Continue reading →

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Bird #545 — Eurasian Bullfinch

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Roger

pyrrhula pyrrhula (worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle) Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 8:00 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse On Wednesday evening, I developed a sore throat. I thought it might be an allergic reaction … Continue reading →

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