Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2811 )

• Barn Owl Disaster

  

  Barn Owl Roost Falls Last summer a windstorm toppled two of the tall willow trees shading my driveway. We had seen a Common Barn Owl (Tyto alba) roosting in... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Cooper’s Hawk

  

  Like other predatory birds, this young Cooper’s Hawk, resting near my bird feed station, let me get quite close before leaving to let the Mourning Dove and... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Best Science Fiction of 2013.

  

  Corr Syl the Warrior Named Best of 2013. When the editors of Kirkus Reviews picked the top 100 of 3000 books reviewed during the year, they included Corr Syl th... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Desert Fire and Invasive Weeds: The Last Word

  

  Desert Fire The pictures show a common scene across the Great Basin Desert: Replacement of shrubland by Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and other Asian invasive... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Garry Rogers Irises at Coldwater Farm

  

  Garry Rogers’ Iris at Coldwater Farm " data-orig-size="1093,1600" data-image-title="Garry Rogers’ Iris" class="attachment-thumbnail"... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Garry Rogers Irises at Coldwater Farm

  

  Spring dew dries daffodils fade glistening eyes turn as Iris flags open sweet scented invitation to summer This slideshow requires JavaScript.... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Endangered Whales of the World

  

  Reblogged from Tao Moments,: There are a number of Whale species that are now under a real threat of extinction. Various factors have created this critical... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Roads and Transmission Corridors Aid Plant Invasions

  

  Roads and Transmission Corridors Any type of construction destroys vegetation and disturbs the surrounding area. Roads and transmission corridors do even more.... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Outdoor Recreation Aids Invasive Plants

  

  Outdoor Recreation Aids Plant Invasions Outdoor recreation does far more than simply transport invasive plants. It disturbs soils and vegetation and takes the... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Versatile Blogger Award

  

  Nomination I am delighted to report that I’ve been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award. It is a symbol of the goal that many have to make the Internet a... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Does Livestock Grazing Cause Plant Invasions?

  

  Livestock and Plant Invasions Using natural landscapes for any purpose requires caution to prevent plant invasions. An essential task for nature conservation... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Awesome Blog Content Award

  

  I am delighted and honored to have been nominated for the Awesome Blog Content Award. The nominations came from two outstanding bloggers: Dear Kitty. Some blog... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Disturbance and Invasive Plants

  

  : Introduction Wild Horses on a Former Great Basin Shrubland Destroyed by Livestock Grazing, Invasive Plants, and Fire. In the invasive plant literature,... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Corr Syl the Warrior–Best of 2013

  

  Corr Syl the Warrior Named One of Best Indie Books of 2013 Out of more than 3,000 indie books reviewed this year, Kirkus Reviews selected “Corr Syl the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Invasive Plants in North American Deserts

  

  Impact of Invasive Plants Invasive species, like a shock force preceding global warming, are obliterating Earth’s ecosystems. Once diverse landscape of small... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Desert Habitat: Soil Microorganisms

  

  The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Desert Ecosystems There would be no life on the land if there was no soil. “When you thrust a shovel into the soil or tear of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Arizona Wildlife Notebook

  

  Arizona Wildlife Notebook, Second edition I have completed the second edition of the Arizona Wildlife Notebook! The new Notebook has four more species groups... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scoop.it and Twitter Have Big Week

  

  Scoop.it and Twitter Make Their Numbers Thanks to all the animal–nature–science fiction lovers who visited my Scoop.it paper and followed my Tweets. You are so... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• #EcoSciFi News Turns Two (Months)

  

  Nature Conservation Science Fiction: #EcoSciFi The #EcoSciFi news will have its 1,000th visitor this week. The paper opened on October 1, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arizona Wildlife in Danger

  

  Monarch (Danaus Plexippus) at Coldwater Farm, Arizona. " data-orig-size="1124,1125" data-image-title="Monarch butterfly at Coldwater Farm."... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT