http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/bird-nicknames/ A place to chat about all types of birds and also exchange bird feeding and other wild bird advice Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/bird-nicknames/comment-page-1/#comment-288 dreamfalcon Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:05:35 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/?p=3510#comment-288 Hey there In Switzerland we even have different local names for birds, for example: Eurasian Magpie is "Elster" in German and "Ägestere" in Central Switzerland House Sparrow is "Haussperling" (German) and "Spatz" (Swiss-German) Eurasian Jay is "Eichelhäher" (German) and "Heeregäggu" (Swiss-German) Greetings from Switzerland! Hey there
In Switzerland we even have different local names for birds, for example:
Eurasian Magpie is “Elster” in German and “Ägestere” in Central Switzerland
House Sparrow is “Haussperling” (German) and “Spatz” (Swiss-German)
Eurasian Jay is “Eichelhäher” (German) and “Heeregäggu” (Swiss-German)
Greetings from Switzerland!

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