White-fronted goose / Bläßgans / Anser albifrons
am 29.02.2008 von TransblawgI have actually got some law and translation topics, but not much time to write them up. So the series of ornithological discoveries continues - this is (I have convinced myself) a young white-fronted goose: it hasnt got the white front yet, although the pale patch on its cheek is developing. A winter visitor to Germany. I watch out for geese on their own. There is a big group of Canada geese, and another of greylag geese, sometimes joined by two barheaded geese. But when I …
The goose steps out/Gänse
Transblawg / I think the goose in the middle with the pink feet and pale beak is the same one I saw in February, although it was darker then. The pale patch on the face is larger than in the Canada geese. I see my bird book says, Bastardisiert manchmal mit…
Huntsmen attack geese in Fürth Stadtpark
Transblawg / September 2004: November 2004: Last Saturday, at about 8 a.m., people in the Fürth Stadtpark were surprised to see men with guns taking pot shots at some of the grey geese. Apparently some think there are too many of them....…
Stadtpark Fürth
Transblawg / Time for another picture of the local wildlife. This Canada goose thinks I have designs on its young, which are going through the ugly duckling stage.…
41 Stunden im Aufzug
DPMS INFO / … harrte vor neun Jahren Mr. White in einem New Yorker Hochhaus aus. “Das Unglück des Nicholas White ereignete sich am Freitag, den 15. Oktober 1999, im McGraw-Hill Building in New York City. Im 43. Stock arbeitet der damals 34-jähr…
Homerun für die White Sox
MarkenBlog / Vor dem Schiedsgericht des National Arbitration Forum NAF haben die Chicago White Sox die Domain chicagowhitesox.com erstritten. Die Chicago White Sox sind eines der weltweit bekanntesten Baseballteams und amtierender Sieger der World Series. Das…
Die Briten verhöhnen Olympia
medien-gerecht / Mit dem neu vorgestellten Logo für die olympischen Spiele 2012 verhöhnen die Briten dieses sportliche Großereignis, dass sie sich doch mit dem Einsatz aller verfügbaren Gel… eh… Kräfte erkauft haben. Manch einer s…
If the English language made any sense ...
Aktenvermerk / ... lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers (Doug Larson). Or if, at least, pronounciation made any sense. Sadly, this seems not to be the case. Consider this lovely poem: I take it you already know Of tough and bough a…
Asparagus 2008/Spargel 2008
Transblawg / Time for the annual asparagus rant. I understand that people in this country much prefer white asparagus. Unfortunately, that means they have to peel it, as it doesnt have the innate delicate melting quality of green asparagus. The curiously pu…
Its the way you tell them / Die Guardian zu deutschem Humor
Transblawg / ‘Comedian Stewart Lee’ writes in the Guardian on German humour. This analysis arises from a trip to Germany with Richard Thomas, who wrote Jerry Springer the Opera, who was commissioned to write a musical of that type set in a British sta…
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