Category Archives: nature

Overshooting the Human Project

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Roger Gosden

The first astronauts described Earth with mystical awe as a vulnerable pearl in the barren wastes of space. It had looked the same since before the rise of mammals in the Cenozoic epoch, but suddenly our dirty footprints are all … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, nature | Tagged Age of Anxiety, Brundtland Report, carrying capacity, Georg Borgstrom, logistic curve, Thomas Berry, William Catton | Comments Off

Peace!

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Roger Gosden

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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 →