Category Archives: Nature
World Honeybee Day at a Meadery
Plans for the morning were interrupted when I heard the Silver Hand Meadery in Williamsburg was filling glasses for all-comers this morning. And why? It’s World Honeybee Day on the third Saturday in August. The calendar event has gone international … Continue reading
Posted in Bee-line, Nature
Tagged honey bee, Jamestown, Meadery, pollinators, Williamsburg
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Night Flight
Do you fly at night sometimes? I flew in my dreams last night with arms outstretched for gliding over rooftops. I didn’t see any birds although on landing back in reality in the morning I learned that an estimated 10,400 … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Nature
Tagged bird migration, James City county, Pocahontas County
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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
Posted in Birding, Inge Curtis birds, Nature
Tagged carotenoids, p450 cytochrome, Scarlet Tanager
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 