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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

That is very cold for the south of Germany. This thrush is extremely common in urban and suburban Germany and one of the most conspicuous bird species here, comparable to the American Robin in North America. Last summer, birders suddenly started to notice that the Blackbirds were gone from their yards around Heidelberg.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

For those still reading on after this introduction, this is about Barn Owls I have seen in Germany in summer 2018 and winter 2019 – rural Northern Germany, to be more specific. In December 2019, I found a roosting barn owl on my last day in Germany. More owl photos here.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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MAY 20, 2023

Found in middle Germany by some kids. Any idea from Wich animal this is? submitted by /u/schnick3rs [link] [comments]

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

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MAY 1, 2016

I recently saw and photographed what appears to be a Baikal Wagtail ( Motacilla alba-or-not baicalensis ) in Germany. If I am correct, this would apparently constitute a first record for the Western Palearctic. So it may turn out to be a bit of a big deal. Or a bit of a PR disaster for my birding skillz if I am not correct.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Germany, Schwerin. Had this little Bat in my Apartment tonight on the Floor. I placed her/him without further inspection on a post on my balcony and hoped He/She flew away, but nope. She/He was still in the ground. I think my Cats didn't harmed him/her, but you never know. The bat is still alive but is pretty bad injured.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Now, try to imagine Germany having Joseph Goebbels as a Chancellor around the year 1970, more than quarter of a century after WWII – unimaginable, isn’t it? Why should something so unimaginable in Germany be possible in Serbia? He started his political career as Slobodan Milosevic’s Minister of Propaganda. Protest indeed!

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Apparently, as captain of a ship, he collected specimens in Southeast Asia including Borneo, and sent them to a museum in Germany. Theodor Hugo Storm (1850-1927), a German mariner who later emigrated to the USA (source: HBW). As a little thank you, this stork species was named after him (though maybe he would have preferred a gift coupon).

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Well, this post is more specific than that – it is about the birds of Fliederweg 7, 27374 Visselhövede, Germany. Finally, this being Germany, we also have birds that look (at least a little bit) like Hitler. Birds of a specific place with an unpronounceable name that you have never heard of? European Greenfinch. House Sparrow.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. Also shown at the top of this post. Thus, Kiwi Jr. White-naped Crane , Nanhui, China.

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JULY 30, 2021

Nope, definitely not one of those… The classification of beer styles can be a pretty thorny issue in its own right, and I suspect Helles requires some explanation to most casual drinkers outside of Germany. Helles is a pale German lager, particularly popular in Bavaria but also in neighboring Franconia and Baden-Württemberg.

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Whether the inspiration to this post came from Germany winning the U19 European football championship yesterday right on the heels of our (adult) team winning the world cup (Yes! Ospreys have shown a remarkable recovery in Germany. Four stars!!), or from Coreys small series on national birds is left for you to decide.

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JUNE 20, 2022

T he European Green Woodpecker (Visselhoevede, Germany) is closely related to the Grey-headed Woodpecker, but less demanding in terms of its habitat ( source ). The pink lipstick shape on the face of the bird counterintuitively indicates that this is a male. Kind of like a diesel version.

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MAY 12, 2022

Second note: Inner Mongolia has a land area larger than that of France and Germany combined, and I only spent one week there. ” The range of the Eurasian Bullfinch stretches from Iberia to Siberia – and that means that I have seen it in my parents’ garden in Germany as well as here in Inner Mongolia.

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MAY 27, 2021

A wet Blackcap (Visselhoevede, Germany). So, here’s a collection of wet birds. A wet Grey-eyed Bulbul (Xishuangbanna, China). A wet African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa). A wet Daurian Redstart (Shennongjia, China). Wet Orange-bellied Leafbird s (Tengchong, China). A wet Moustached Laughingthrush (Tengchong, China).

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MAY 31, 2015

Germany is currently experiencing something for which the English have no nice expression. The specificities of languages … Anyway, so Germany this year is essentially filled with mice, like the one shown here, which – so far as I know – is a vole where you come from. You’re not a vole or a gerbil.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Barn Swallows are pretty much anywhere in the world (I just saw them back in Germany). During my last trip to Germany, several people pointed out locations of Common Kingfisher. So, no, I did not spend time searching for it in Germany. So why shouldn’t they be in Shanghai, at least in summer?

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JULY 24, 2014

Germany is underrated as a birding destination. Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu, are very popular in Germany and frequently kept in zoos as well as private enclosures. The following map (taken from the highly esteemed site ornitho.de ) shows all observations of Greater Rheas throughout Germany since 1999.

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APRIL 2, 2017

In Germany for example, they are breeding in practically every hilly or mountainous region south of the North German Plain and are not really rare if they occur in a certain region. However, dippers here in Germany aren’t too fussy about their habitats and will readily utilize human-made secondary rapids and rocks. Crazy, I know.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

In fact – and I am not making this up – I was very upset on my first visit to the Great Bustards in Germany when glancing with naked eyes over the meadows, I noticed a few large white pieces of plastic garbage that the wind had apparently blown into the nature reserve and I angrily thought that someone really should go remove them.

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APRIL 6, 2022

Still, this Carrion Crow in Munich, Germany, had that Blackbird beat: It came so close to me that it did not fit in the camera’s frame. But they are extremely common up in Baja California and, to judge from this bird in Ensenada, exceedingly trusting — it barely fit in the camera’s frame.

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AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Now that I might have wetted your appetite, here’s where and how to find them in Germany: 1.

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MARCH 4, 2010

PETA Germany's position is that he should be castrated so he doesn't mate with his cousin Giovanna. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. He was raised by a trainer. Check out a couple of the pictures in this story.

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MARCH 5, 2017

However, one of the little sweet candies Germany still enjoys today from its own disastrous colonial past is the Common Guillemot, or Common Murre. Germany has only one high seas island it calls its own, the mighty (from a birding perspective) island of Heligoland. km²) in the German Bight, approximately 70 km off the coast of Germany.

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JUNE 25, 2020

Blue Tit (Visselhoevede, Germany, Jul 2018). Black-tailed Godwit (Nanhui, China, May 2020). Black-throated Tit (Tianmushan, China, Jun 2019). Hiking up a tree. Black-winged Stilt (Nanhui, China, May 2019). Almost abstract bird patterns. “You`re so juvenile!” ” Budgerigar (Ayers Rock, Australia, Dec 2016).

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JULY 25, 2014

When I started birding in earnest during the 1980s in south-west Germany, no one talked about Egyptian Geese. During the early 1990s, rumours surrounding the occurrence of a few Egyptian Geese in far north-western Germany emerged, the result of an increasing and spreading Dutch feral population. The Netherlands were far away.

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JANUARY 8, 2017

Birding in Germany was okay during the first half of the year but essentially came to an end in June due to several issues, most significantly a move to a different appartment within Heidelberg. You can see my birding activities abroad and within Germany on the maps at the top of this post. Great Bustard , Havelland, Germany.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Birding activities in Germany in January (generated with ornitho.de ). Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris – Sylt and Westcoast SH, Germany – 01 Jan. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus – Heidelberg/Leimen BW, Germany – 02 Jan. Great Tit, Parus major – Heidelberg/Leimen BW, Germany – 04 Jan.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Mandarin Ducks, Munich, Germany. Sure, it is an introduced species in Germany. So my favorites for 2019 includes a good number of birds that are rather common elsewhere, but were firsts for me. Plus a few truly difficult species. And they aren’t nearly as famous as the vagrant/escaped Mandarin Duck of Central Park.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2015

And if months of overcast days are what climate change has in store for Germany, I’ll volunteer for the first manned Mars mission that doesn’t include a return ticket. Birds chickadees and tits finches Germany waterfowl weather winter' Still, this winter is pain. Final shapes of grey tally = 50!

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JANUARY 1, 2012

Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. Unlike North America, Germany has never had naturally occurring psittacines that went extinct, and the one we have is a true and complete invasive alien introduction. Because we never have had.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

I`ve seen three more buntings – one in Germany ( Yellowhammer ) and two in South Africa ( Cape Bunting, Golden-breasted Bunting ). And if you are willing to travel a bit further within China, you can see the Crested Bunting , which arguably has a bit more star quality …. Yellowhammer. Cape Bunting. Golden-breasted Bunting.

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JANUARY 19, 2014

Germany: extensive trips comparable to 2013. I will also likely scale back on my birding madness in Germany, and might therefore see less species than I did in the last two years. 550 miles) drive back to Heidelberg/ Germany where we arrive around 18:00. Greylag Goose Anser anser : Lahnaue Wetzlar, HE, Germany, 14 Jan.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2013

You may know, or may have known and have forgotten by now, that Germany has had federal elections to the Bundestag this year, on September 22nd. It is actually increasing in numbers, and second only to the Great Spotted Woodpecker regarding its population in Germany. Conservation Germany woodpeckers' What’s with the mask?

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AUGUST 19, 2008

Amy, a German shepherd, and Uno, a Labrador retriever, have joined the team at {Frankfurt,} one of Europe's busiest airports — the first two dogs in Germany trained to sniff out live animals, plants or derivatives or remains of them. Tags: wildlife trafficking smuggling Germany. Interesting. That's huge.

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