Tag Archives: Birding
Paying back Spain in kind with Red Kites
Red Kites were familiar sights in London in Shakespeare’s day. He mentioned them in several plays, but not always with compliments. The Winter’s Tale tells a complaint that “My traffic is sheets; when the kits builds, look to lesser linen.”They … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Nature
Tagged Birding, birds, nature, photography, red kite, The Winter's Tale, wildlife
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Cedar Waxwing
As I resume posts after an absence, I chose Inge’s picture of a Cedar Waxwing. Not an uncommon bird in Virginia and seen here any month of the year, but a sighting always draws a long look. They look cocksure … Continue reading
Virginia Nature Journal for April
Smells arouse old memories, good and bad. The coconut bouquet of prickly gorse bushes evokes memories of ranks of jasmine blossom on the chalky downs of the Isle of Wight where I was born and Algy Swinburne grew up. Oh, … Continue reading
Posted in Other, Seasons in Virginia
Tagged Algernon Swinburne, Birding, bluebirds, nest-boxes, Virginia Bluebird Society
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Citizen Science
At one time all scientists were amateurs. Most were gentlemen with private incomes like Charles Darwin or clergymen like the Rev. Gilbert White whose church stipend enabled him to spend spare time rambling in the Hampshire countryside. There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Birding, cherry tree, climate change, cocorahs, growing season, humming bird, meteorology, Monticello, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Patrick Moore, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, weather, Williamsburg
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 