With yesterday's wonderful encounter Clarence and I headed to the area with the most numerous nests that we have found this summer. Hopes were high that we would find a number of nests and perhaps even more youngsters to save. It was another beautiful fall day with temperature in the 12C area, and the sun shining brightly.
We found two successful nests, but all we found were empty shells. The first we believe was a painted turtle nest as it only had 2 or 3 empty shells. The second nest was definitely a Snapper nest with a lot of empty shells.
We also had the pleasure of encountering this beautiful Red-bellied snake-- which was a first ever for me.
Here is a second image of this wonderful little beauty.
We had a wonderful couple of hours. All told we found 35 predated nests on this walk so this is an area where there could be some great work that could be done to improve Snapper nesting success.
Put a little wild in your life today!
Turbo
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