Author Archives: Roger Gosden
King Vulture
This image arrived last week from my friend in the jungles of Costa Rica. King Vultures are so spectacular they look photoshopped (I promise this picture isn’t). Kings weigh up to 8 pounds (3.7 kg), the largest vultures on the … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds
Tagged Condor, Costa Rica, King Vulture
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Ring-necked Duck
Ducks are back to spend the winter on the coast and inland waters around here. Teal, Shoveler, Canvasback, Scaup, Eider, Bufflehead, etc., and Ring-necked Ducks like this pair. A compact little diver that prefers ponds to open water. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds, Nature
Tagged Ring-necked Duck
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Ride the King Tide
I never saw water so high in Powhatan Creek. Living in Norfolk, Virginia, I occasionally encountered flooding in my neighborhood after exceptionally high tides or a nor’easter. I’d drive through inches of water to my driveway which rose to a … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Nature
Tagged Citizen science, Hampton Roads, King tide, Powhatan Creek
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Indigo Bunting
The canary yellow of goldfinches in summer may be more eye-catching, but the male Indigo Bunting is an attention grabber, far more than the female who might pass as a brown sparrow unless you noticed her white throat. It takes … Continue reading
Male Alligators & Crocodiles like it hot
I might live to see gators from North Carolina colonize our local swamps and creeks. Warmer winters from climate change will entice them and torrid summers push them north. Or maybe not. After recovering from overhunting for making leather handbags, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Fertility
Tagged Climate Change' Global Warming, dinosaurs, Mississippi alligator, Nile crocodile, sex-ratio, Sry gene, Tasmanian devil
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 