Monthly Archives: May 2021
Cicada with a 17-year Itch
‘Have your cicada’s broken ground yet?’ I need to tell people that our last big bug year was 2013. Brood X is now emerging in north-eastern and mid-western states but the nearest to us in Tidewater is northern Virginia. Frustrated … Continue reading
Great Blue Heron
Normally solitary, I see Great Blues poised on the banks of saltmarsh, staring into the creek at a respectful distance from the next neighbor. Occasionally one lands by our pool, as statuesque as the artificial kind sold as pool decoration. … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds
Tagged Great Blue Heron, Rookery, Rooks
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Still Drinking a Cup of Joy
The impact of coffee on the environment Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment
Tagged coffee beans, Jaguar Friendly, Starbucks
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Downy Woodpecker
A Downy Woodpecker in SE Virginia creates a food bank Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds, Nature
Tagged Virginia, Woodpeckers
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Alpha in a Wolf Pack is a Fallacy
Studies of wild wolves reveal family and without pecking order Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Nature, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Ellesmere Island, Lamar Valley, operant conditioning, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 