Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

phylloscopus (from phullon, leaf, and skopos, seeker) trochilus  (wren) Tuesday, April 18, 2019 — 7:10 pm Boblingen, Germany — Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) I spotted this nondescript warbler in the trees along the cemetery fence. I hadn’t spent much time … Continue reading →

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 →