Thanks for clearing all that up. My wife (from Germany) thought
Kohlemeise meant something to do with cabbage--coleslaw! I wonder why it
would be "coal" when this little gem is blue-green and yellow? Anyway,
I've printed out your list and my wife will certainly enjoy it!

wjansen
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Riesen Reto wrote:

> wjansen wrote...
> > I was surprised your list didn't include the common "meise" birds. These
> > German chickadees were all over the Siegen area when I last visited
> > Germany. The two most often seen by me were the Kohlmeise and the
> > Blaumeise.
>
> The Coal Tit is the Kohlmeise (Kohle = Coal); Blaumeise = Blue Tit.
>
> Also a jay called Eichelhare (my German
> > spelling is sorely lacking) was seen often as we strolled through the
> The 'Eichelhaeher' (Eichel= acorn; haeher =?? maybe onomapoietic) is the
> Jay on the list; as this is Europe, a lot of birds still walk around with
> only one name.
>
> Reto Riesen
> Dept. Chem., UBC
> Vancouver, B.C.
> riesenr at chem.ubc.ca
>