Roads End Naturalist

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

Tag: tundra swans

  • Trip Report Part 2: Mattamuskeet and Pocosin Lakes

    I just returned from the second recent guided trip to these incredible wildlife refuges. My client was particularly interested in bird photography, so that was high on the agenda. But he made a point of saying he was open to anything, since he was fully aware of the vagaries of wildlife photography – sometimes wildlife Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • A Good Way to End a Day

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    I like to remember that it is wild country that gives rise to wild animals; and that the marvelous specificity of wild animals reminds us to wake up, to let our senses be inflamed by every scent and sound and sight and taste and touch of the world. I like to remember that we are Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Pungo Pictorial

    Yesterday I posted some of the details of my recent trip to Pettigrew State Park and the Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Here are a few more images from that experience: And a short video of Tundra Swans resting on Pungo Lake… Read more…

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    Mike Dunn