Roads End Naturalist

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

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  • Refuges Revisited

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    Spent a windy, dusty day in the field with friends on Wednesday exploring my two favorite refuges in NC – Mattamuskeet and Pocosin Lakes. It has been two weeks since I was last down that way and things have changed dramatically – the heat is here as are the deer flies (both of which have Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Another Great Day at Pungo

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    I guess it isn’t enough to be a mere observer. It’s turning to the person on your right, or left, and stating with an undiluted sense of joy and inquisitiveness, “Did you just see that?” Mike McDowell I had my first post-retirement outing yesterday with a great group of folks from the Bass Lake Photo Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • The Strange Ways of ‘Possums

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    I promised a post on this unusual encounter last weekend at Pocosin Lakes so here goes (I should warn you this may be for mature audiences only)…I started my morning with a sighting of a pair of Virginia Opossums (aka ‘possums) mating at the edge of a field just after sunrise. I have been “fortunate” Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • A Spring trip to Pungo

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    This weekend I decided to get back to my favorite North Carolina wildlife area – Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. When I first started going there back in the early 80’s, it was known as Pungo National Wildlife Refuge and it was centered on Pungo Lake, an important wintering area for waterfowl. In the early Read more…

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    Mike Dunn