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Jochen’s 2017 year list

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Birding activities in Germany in January (generated with ornitho.de ). Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris – Sylt and Westcoast SH, Germany – 01 Jan. White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus – Heidelberg/Leimen BW, Germany – 02 Jan. February. […].

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Birding the Drakensberg, South Africa

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Of course, with the Drakensberg still not that far away from Capetown and South African explorers obviously very fond of saving mental energy by simply starting bird names with the word “cape”, we have the Cape Robin-Chat … … the Cape Rock Thrush … … the Cape Sparrow … … and the Cape Weaver.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. Black-chested Snake-Eagle – Circaetus pectoralis. Lake Mburo NP.

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Birds and music

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A Eurasian Wren (Visselhoevede, Germany). Common Crane , Schneverdingen, Germany. A swan ( Mute Swan , Visselhoevede, Germany). European Greenfinch , Visselhoevede area, Germany. Common Chaffinc h, Visselhoevede area, Germany. But an eagle it has to be, and this is a nice-looking species. Thus, Kiwi Jr.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Ankeny NWR–Eagle Marsh. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus.

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Best Bird of the Year 2011

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juvenile Parasitic Jaeger by Larry Jordan Jochen enjoyed a plover : My Best Bird of the Year is a White-tailed Lapwing I “twitched” in Germany in June. qn Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Runner-up: The Bald Eagle that swooped around over the Big Gay Race in Minneapolis in October, which I didn’t get a picture of.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.

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