Category Archives: Inge Curtis birds
Tango in the Snow
On Valentine’s Day, I queried an AI bot about the idealistic love that Ancient Greeks called agape and compare it with the romantic notion of love. This is how it replied: “The main difference between romantic love and agape love … Continue reading
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Tagged Agape love, Cosmic love, Romantic love, Spoonbill, Teilhard de Chardin, Valentine's Day
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Pine Warbler
These cute warblers are resident in this region year-round but seen more often in fall and winter when more northerly breeders join their brethren in this warmer clime. As they feed on seeds instead of insects, they don’t need to … Continue reading
Tracking Whimbrel
An elegant shorebird with a lovely piping call of the wild. After they leave their breeding grounds in the tundra, Whimbrels stop to feed on fiddler crabs in the mudflats of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. By October, they leave … Continue reading
Scarlet Tanager
Spotting a Scarlet Tanager in the upper story of an Eastern Forest transports me to the tropics. And it is a tropical forest dweller in our winter months. Our Northern Cardinal is almost as rosy and House Finches a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged carotenoids, p450 cytochrome, Scarlet Tanager
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Eastern Bluebird
These bluebirds are residents here all year. The first was abandoned but we now have eggs and chicks in two nest boxes. After cool weather, it is now warmer and insects have hatched for parent birds to stuff in the … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 