Roads End Naturalist

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

Tag: vernal pool

  • Good Mamas

    Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. ~Robert Browning It has been a good few months for new mothers at work with several new babies among the staff. So, it seems only appropriate that I share a couple of extraordinary mothers from the Garden’s animal kingdom as well. First, an update on the amazing green Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn

  • Woodland Chorus

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    What is the earliest sign of spring? The motion of worms and insects? The flow of sap in trees and the swelling of buds? Or are there earlier signs in the water? – the tortoises, frogs… Henry David Thoreau, March 7, 1853 I think the sounds of the coming spring are amongst the first things Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn