Roads End Naturalist

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

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  • Beginning as Poop

    Question: What is the white stuff in bird poop? Answer: That is bird poop, too. ~Kurt Vonnegut This is an update to an image I posted a week or so ago about new beginnings in the yard this spring. I found and photographed an egg of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a Tulip Poplar leaf Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Poop, Pose, and Pastry

    Reality is easy. It’s deception that’s the hard work. ~ Lauryn Hill Nature is full of deception. And now it is being touted by none other than the New York Times.  A recent article on caterpillar defenses caught my eye. Researchers studied the late stage larvae of the Canadian Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis). The larvae are Read more…

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    Mike Dunn