Author Archives: Roger Gosden

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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

Hermit Thrush

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Roger Gosden

I love the thrush family. Friends of gardeners, they are wonderful songsters too. Many family members have bold spots on their breasts to help identification, along with a rufous tail in the Hermit Thrush. Like last week’s kinglets, this bird … Continue reading →

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Androgenic Anxiety and COVID-19

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Early this morning, January 1, 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed … Thus begins Children of Men, a dystopian novel by P.D. James (1992). A sudden and unexplained loss of … Continue reading →

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Roger Gosden

These tiny birds look like cute Christmas tree decorations. Inge photographed this male and female who probably arrived recently in Virginia as winter residents or transients. Ruby-crowned Kinglets breed in the north and west where they announce their territory with … Continue reading →

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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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