Roads End Naturalist

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

Category: Trail cameras

  • Deer Play

    White-tailed deer were observed throughout 1,711 hours on the Welder Wildlife Refuge, Texas. Only 11 events considered to be forms of play were witnessed, seven by fawns and four by adults. It is concluded that white-tailed deer are not typically playful animals. ~Edwin D. Michael, 1968 publication I did some research online after looking at Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Opossum Afterlife

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    Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. ~Lao Tzu One day earlier this month I discovered a recently deceased Virginia Opossum out by one of the wood piles. No idea what might have happened to it though it was not long after some severely cold weather. I decided to Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • The Forest Unseen

    Forests will always hold your secrets, for that’s what forests are for. ~Victoria Erickson We’ve been gone for a couple of weeks (more on that adventure in the next post) and the trail cameras were busy keeping up with the goings-on back home while we were away. Lots of the same sort of behaviors we Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn