Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Month: March 2014

  • Reserved Parking

    Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight how to get from shore to food and back again. ~Richard Bach Ring-billed Gulls are very adaptable creatures. They are a common inhabitant of our inland reservoirs in winter where they often fly out each day to forage in landfills or other… Read more…

  • A Chip on My Shoulder

    I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. Henry David Thoreau Sparrows….seems like people either love them or hate them.… Read more…