Category Archives: Nature

Tundra Swans

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Hereby begins a short series of our winter visitors. The Tundra Swan is smaller than the other two swans found in Virginia. The Mute Swan was introduced and breeds here, but the Trumpeter Swan like the Tundra is a winter … Continue reading →

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Northern Jacana

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Roger Gosden

The Northern Jacana is a pheasant-sized waterbird with long toes for walking on lily-pads. Found in Mexico and occasionally in Texas, there are other species in the tropics in the New and Old World. Females are larger than males, a … Continue reading →

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Great Curassow

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Roger Gosden

This is a species I may never see in the wild but grateful for this wonderful image of two female Great Curassows in the jungle of Costa Rica. It introduced me to a whole new family, including cracids and guans, … Continue reading →

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Green Ibis

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Virginia has recorded three species of ibises (surely not ‘ibi’), but never a Green Ibis as far as I know. Inge photographed this one in Costa Rica, close to the northern limit of a huge range across South America. So, … Continue reading →

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Mother’s fruitcake for Christmas and always

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Family recipes are inherited like sepia photos of relatives who passed long ago, meant to savor the memories. None is more precious to me that a fruit cake. My last edition came out of the oven months before Christmas and … Continue reading →

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