Roads End Naturalist

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


Tag: white-tailed deer

  • Oh Deer

    Everything pales in comparison to deer. ~Bill Vaughan After the ubiquitous squirrels, deer have been the mainstay of the triggers on our three trail cameras. It was a busy fall with deer frequently visiting the vicinity of some oak trees as they searched for scarce acorns. Here are a few other clips showing some behaviors Read more…

  • Nutcracker

    Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You plant it in the ground and it explodes into an oak. ~George Bernard Shaw The trail cameras have been busy these past few months with lots of images of squirrels (too many), raccoons, opossums, two coyotes (finally, I was beginning to wonder what happened), a Read more…

  • Things You Might Not See

    Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. ~ Francis Pharcellus Church It had been over a week since I checked the three trail cameras, so I was anxious to see what had transpired in our patch of woods without us knowing. There has been a definite Read more…

  • Wildlife Neighbors

    There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story. ~Linda Hogan I recently bought another trail camera and have been putting them out in our woods the past few weeks trying to document who shares our Read more…

  • Cades Cove

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    Cades Cove is a 6800 acre valley on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is probably the most visited area of the park and the Smokies are the most visited national park in the United States with more than 9 million visitors each year (Grand Canyon is second with about 4 Read more…