Category Archives: Wildlife

periparus (from peri, very, all-around, and parus, tit) ater (dull black) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 5:28 pm Murren, Switzerland We’d finished our walking tour of Murren and were heading back to our hotel when we stopped to watch a … Continue reading →

pyrrhocorax (from purrhos, flame-coloured, red, and korax, raven) graculus (origin unknown) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 4:45 pm Murren, Switzerland After taking the cable car up to Murren and checking into our hotel, we wandered the streets of the town. … Continue reading →

podiceps (from podicis, vent, and pes, foot) cristatus (crested, plummed) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:40 pm Thun, Switzerland — Aare River I spotted this large grebe swimming and diving in the Aare River as we walked back to the … Continue reading →

motacilla (wagtail) alba (dull white) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:30 pm Thun, Switzerland — Schadau Castle on Lake Thun This one surprised me. In North America, White Wagtails are generally vagrants down from Alaska. I assumed they were arctic … Continue reading →

fulica (coot) atra (dull black) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 1:00 pm Thun, Switzerland — Aare River We spent a night in Murren, Switzerland. On the way, we drove into the town of Thun and walked along the Aare River … Continue reading →