Category Archives: Wildlife conservation
Elephants and US
There is something magisterial about the biggest living things on Earth. We are the most intelligent, the most prolific, and the most polluting species but we don’t tower in height over everyone. We look up at some animals and plants … Continue reading
Posted in Botswana, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Botswana, Elephants, Immunocontraception, Kruger National Park, Okavango Delta
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The Kalahari and Okavango: from desert to delta and drought
My view from a window seat hardly changed on the flight from Johannesburg to Maun in northern Botswana. I rarely saw a farm or lodge in the khaki-colored plains below. A few gulleys ran irregular courses like the veins on … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Botswana, drought, Kalahari desert, Okavango Delta
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Common Tern
Common Tern nesting at Fort Wool, Virginia Continue reading
Posted in Inge Curtis birds, Nature, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Common Tern, Fort Wool, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Tidewater Virginia
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Bear Facts About Hunting
Hounds are set loose in the West Virginia forests to train before hunting season by chasing black bears to a tree where they take refuge Continue reading
Posted in Nature, West Virginia, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Appalachia, bear hounds, bear hunting, black bear
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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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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 