Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Turtles on the Trail

This has been a great Spring for spotting wildlife in our area. Within a 2 week span I had to stop on my to or from work for:

turkeys crossing the road (many times)
horny grouse putting on quite a display
young porcupine moving very slow
snapping turtle and the good samaritan who stopped to help it
deer, lots and lots of deer

I’ve also spotted lots of hawks in the trees and another bald eagle. Unfortunately, I’ve never had a camera handy for any of these encounters … until today.

During my lunchtime walk we saw 2 snapping turtles laying eggs alongside the trail. I only had my cell phone with me, but the turtles were very cooperative.