Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Afternoon in Germany — Day One

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

The next stop on our tour was Patch Barracks, another former German Army Panzer base now used by the U.S. Army. We bought groceries, including an Easter ham, at the commissary. We visited the Ritter Sport Chocolate Factory and Museum, … Continue reading →

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Bird #511 — Eurasian Blackcap

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

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 →

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Bird #510 — Eurasian Blackbird

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

turdus (thrush) merula (blackbird) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:28 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) This bird is closely related to the American Robin and acts and looks similar to it in every way except color. The Blackbird … Continue reading →

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Bird #509 — Eurasian Blue Tit

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

cyanistes (dark blue) caeruleus (cerulean) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:21 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) A couple of these colorful, lively birds were moving through the trees above the trail on Rubble Hill. They were just a … Continue reading →

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Bird #508 — Common Wood-Pigeon

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Roger

columba (pigeon, dove) palumbus (wood pigeon) Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 11:19 am Stuttgart, Germany — Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill) We’d only walked a little way up the trail to the top of Rubble Hill when I spotted two large pigeons … Continue reading →

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