Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Bird #540 — Great Spotted Woodpecker

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

dendrocopos (from dendron, tree, and kopos, striking) major (greater) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:57 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse The Great Spotted Woodpecker very much has the vibe of a Hairy Woodpecker. … Continue reading →

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Bird #539 — Gray-headed Woodpecker

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

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) canus (gray) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:50 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking … Continue reading →

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Bird #538 — Hawfinch

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

coccothraustes coccothraustes (from kokkos, seed, and thrauo, to break, to shatter) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 10:05 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse Panzerstrasse is a busy road. A bike path runs alongside it, and … Continue reading →

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Mammal #71 — Bank Vole

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

myodes glareolus Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:46 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse As I strolled through the woods near the Panzer Kaserne Barracks, I kept hearing rustling noises from either side of … Continue reading →

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Bird #537 — Song Thrush

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

turdus (thrush) philomelos (for Philomela, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, who was violated by her brother-in-law Tereus and changed into a nightingale) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:45 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the … Continue reading →

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