Author Archives: Roger Gosden

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

Bear Facts About Hunting

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Hounds are set loose in the West Virginia forests to train before hunting season by chasing black bears to a tree where they take refuge Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, West Virginia, Wildlife conservation | Tagged Appalachia, bear hounds, bear hunting, black bear | 3 Comments

Great Egret

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Last week Great Blues and now great whites, colonial nesters in the same locality. The Great Egret is a summer resident that catches the eye in flight, its extraordinary long neck folded behind a dagger beak and legs stream behind.

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Cicada with a 17-year Itch

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Roger Gosden

‘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 →

Posted in Nature | Tagged Magicicada septendecim, periodic cicada | 1 Comment

Great Blue Heron

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Roger Gosden

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 →