Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Bird #536 — Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

dendrocoptes (from dendron, tree, and kopto, to strike) medius (intermediate) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:20 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse It is my opinion that this attractive woodpecker has a very stupid … Continue reading →

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Bird #535 — Eurasian Jay

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

garrulus (chattering, noisy) glandarius (of acorns) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:14 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse In my experience, Eurasian Jays are skittish birds that never let me approach closely and almost … Continue reading →

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Bird #534 — Common Chiffchaff

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

phylloscopus (from phullon, leaf, and skopos, seeker) collybita (money-changer, from its song resembling the chinking of coins) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 9:00 am Boblingen, Germany — hiking trails through the woods along the Panzerstrasse Right next to the Panzer … Continue reading →

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Bird #533 — Red Kite

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Roger

milvus milvus (kite) Saturday, April 20, 2019 — 2:35 pm Zurich, Switzerland — A4 west of town I was watching carefully for Red Kites everywhere we went, and I think I’d seen a few earlier on our trip. But I … Continue reading →

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Down from the Mountaintop

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Roger

The Piz Gloria has the 007 logo painted all over the outside. The inside is decorated in James Bond. There’s a small museum called Bond World 007 that consists of photos, tidbits of information about On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, … Continue reading →

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