10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2017
Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. Here in Germany, we have them. So, your next step is to search for the right habitat.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2014
And – let’s face it – chances are you live in North America. Yes, the Tufted Duck is the ideal suject for this blog: it is reasonably common here in Germany and not hard to photograph, yet to you it is probably the subject of countless day dreams scanning through endless flocks of Lesser Scaup.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2016
I recently saw and photographed what appears to be a Baikal Wagtail ( Motacilla alba-or-not baicalensis ) in Germany. Yes, most look almost identical, the distance was considerable for such a small bird, and the observation happened right after sunset. So it may turn out to be a bit of a big deal.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2015
I still know my audience - this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who see the term “squirrel” as little more than a synonym for house sparrow, starling, pest and cholera. Germany, like most of Europe and very much unlike North America, is home to only one species of squirrel.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2020
Mandarin Ducks, Munich, Germany. Sure, it is an introduced species in Germany. But the Kentish Plover was sheltering its young under its body, and the Little Ringed Plover was incubating an egg — right in the middle of downtown Madrid! But the Great Swallow-tailed Swift is one of the largest Swifts in North America.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
A Sage Thrasher – a vagrant from western North America and only one of a handful of New York State records – was found on the other side of the Hudson River over in Columbia County in early November. There is no “masked” anything here in Germany. ” And the corvids all miss the mark by a single letter. .”
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