Category Archives: Wildlife

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 →

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 →

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 →

ciconia ciconia (stork) Monday, April 22, 2019 — 9:59 am Kittersburg, Germany — field along the L98 highway This was one of the birds on my “boy I hope I see one of those in Europe” list. I knew my … Continue reading →

anser anser (goose) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 6:15 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We had finished our circumperambulation of the pond in downtown Boblingen and were back where I had seen the Egyptian Geese an hour earlier. This … Continue reading →