Category Archives: Nature
Cicada with a 17-year Itch
‘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
Downy Woodpecker
A Downy Woodpecker in SE Virginia creates a food bank Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds, Nature
Tagged Virginia, Woodpeckers
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Alpha in a Wolf Pack is a Fallacy
Studies of wild wolves reveal family and without pecking order Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Nature, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Ellesmere Island, Lamar Valley, operant conditioning, Wolves, Yellowstone National Park
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The Kindness of Rehabbers
Wildlife rehabbers aim to restore injured and orphaned animals to the wild Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Virginia, Virginia Master Naturalists, Wildlife rehabilitation
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Flight of a Russian Queen
Queen found in mysterious patch of honeybees on ground Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 