Roads End Naturalist

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


Tag: ross’s geese

  • Counting Our Blessings

    There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff We had a wonderful holiday break this past week, spending time with and enjoying both families. The past few days we discussed some of the varied rituals of the holidays – specific foods for the Read more…

  • Light Geese

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    The Snow Goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ~Lao Tzu On one of my first Christmas Bird Counts over 25 years ago, at what was then Pungo National Wildlife Refuge (now the expanded Pocosin Lakes NWR),  I ran into a well-known birder who was scoping Read more…