Subject: Re: Our Gemany Bicycle Birding Trip
Date: Aug 1 10:13:53 1997
From: Riesen Reto - riesenr at chem.ubc.ca


B.&E.Woods wrote

> Actually, the English name of the Kohlmeise is Great Tit, which has
> blue-green and yellow coloration, and is the largest of the European tits.
> The Coal Tit, which we also saw, is black and white, and has the German
> name of Tannenmeise. The German name of the Jay (also called Eurasian Jay)
> is Eichelh"aher (umlaut over the a), literally translated as Acorn Jay. He
> is generally found among oak trees, and we saw him throughout our trip.

Naturally, you are right - I confused the english names of the two. Knew
before that my memory needs a field guide for external support.

( Eichelh"aher (umlaut over the a) - if a font doesn't support the
umlaut, it can be replaced with ae ("o =oe, "u =ue)).

Reto Riesen
Dept. Chem. UBC
Vancouver, B.C.
riesenr at chem.ubc.ca