Roads End Naturalist

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


Tag: cape hatteras

  • Pelagic Birding

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    You may know the true observer, not by the big things he sees, but by the little things; and then not by the things he sees with effort and premeditation, but by his effortless, unpremeditated seeing—the quick, spontaneous action of his mind in the presence of natural objects. John Burroughs, 1905 I had the good Read more…

  • Snow on the Beach

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    I have never been one of “those” people…you know who I mean, the bird chasers. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy birds, love to watch them, photograph them, and learn about them. But the idea of dropping everything and heading out to see a rare bird was not in my repertoire…until now. My young birder Read more…