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About Roger Gosden

A British/ Canadian/ American scientist specializing in reproduction & embryology whose career spanned from Cambridge to Cornell's Weill Medical College in NYC. Married to Lucinda Veeck, the embryologist for the first successful IVF team in America. They retired to Virginia, where he became a master naturalist and writer affiliated with William & Mary. He also writes on Substack at What’s Hot in Fertility? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gosden

Bonchurch through Time

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Roger Gosden

My great grandma bought this watercolor by a minor artist of an Isle of Wight scene a century ago. It has hung in our family homes ever since. A housemaid carrying a basket is walking up a winding lane scoured … Continue reading →

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Cedar Waxwing

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Roger Gosden

As I resume posts after an absence, I chose Inge’s picture of a Cedar Waxwing. Not an uncommon bird in Virginia and seen here any month of the year, but a sighting always draws a long look. They look cocksure … Continue reading →

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Tawny Frogmouth

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Roger Gosden

I can’t resist posting this image, although Frogmouths are native to Australia. Inge took this picture of a captive bird exhibited at a Williamsburg Bird Club meeting. If you think birds are universally beautiful, consider this face. I’d say it’s … Continue reading →

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Black-and-White Warbler

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Roger Gosden

A perky little warbler of mixed woodlands that migrates through Tidewater Virginia. A few remain here to breed. It creeps along branches and up and down tree trunks looking for insects in the same manner as nuthatches and creepers. A … Continue reading →

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Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Roger Gosden

You may have to travel a long way to see this species. Inge saw it in south Texas, at the northern limit of its range. A tiny owl with a longish tail, it is no bigger than an Eastern Bluebird. … Continue reading →

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