20190706 A busy morning on Patrol

With the Snappers finally putting in their appearances,David and I had a very busy morning patrolling. David had never seen a snapping turtle up close so he was enthused. With the recent activity I was hoping to show the young man a turtle or two. we were successful almost immediately.

As we looked around we spotted a few more of these wonderful sweethearts trying to pass their genes on to another generation of critters that have been on this earth for millions of years!

The third beauty we spotted was in the act of laying. It is always wonderful when we get to witness this act. I refer to this girl as one of our north side Sally's as they lay their eggs on the north side of the rails not the south side as most of the other ladies do.

Down the trail a bit we found these two troublesome girls.

I say troublesome as if they lay between the rails, and their eggs hatch out the hatchlings are doomed to die as they will not be able to get themselves out from between the rails.
These were not the only pair out for a stroll together, here are two more wonderful girls.

Here is a close up of the third snapping turtle female that is investigating laying her eggs in exactly the same 2 foot square plot of land that two other female snapping turtles have already laid their eggs.

Of course the world isn't just about turtles, while we are out there strolling around we also find other beautiful things like this black admiral butterfly.

Take some time today and put some wild in your life!
Turbo