With 90-degree temperatures and "naturally ventilated" buildings, I spent a lot of time in the tree-filled
Schlossgarten park this weekend. Most other Stuttgarters seemed to have had the same idea, but luckily the park is big enough that it wasn't completely overrun with people.
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| "Lower" Schlossgarten. There are upper, middle, and lower sections of the park. |
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| A big old oak tree, but be careful! You may not want to sit up against it ... |
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| The sign reads: "Caution: Oak procession moths! In the area of oak trees, one can count on finding oak procession moths." I'll let you Google these little critters. |
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| After avoiding being eaten by oak procession moths, I found this bird by the lake. Great blue heron? I don't remember what the wings looked like and I would expect a Great Blue Heron to have more ... blue. |
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| Anyone want to take a guess? |
Tomorrow is Monday, the start of a new work week. I am not at all looking forward to working inside all day, but maybe it won't be so bad. I just have to channel the shade of the
Schlossgarten ...
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| Until next time, dear readers! |
that was probably a grey heron, the european counterpart of the GBH.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip, Evelyn!
ReplyDeleteat one point or another, almost all my European friends have posted a picture of this bird and asked for an ID. It's therefore the only non-North American bird I can consistently identify. :D
DeleteGorgeous pics, Brie! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dr. Alison!
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