A couple weeks back, Darby and I took the dynamic duo out for an evening stroll, and ran into the annual snapping turtle migration. Migrating from the creek to a nest, then back.
Of course I didn't have a camera, but there were several out again in the morning.
It's always surprising to see how many there are, seemingly every couple hundred feet. We have only a very rare sighting through the rest of the year, despite walking the creek nearly every day.
I'm afraid I'll miss the hatching this year- tiny snappers, miniature mirrors of their mother, trudging towards the water.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Meet the Neighbors, Part 1
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Nice shots. It's almost like they're so efficient for their habitat, they didn't need to evolve. They strike me as so prehistoric! Beautiful creatures.
Yeah, I agree. Like looking at a living dinosaur. I'm always surprised about how many people dislike- well, hate, them. Even when I've run into them in the water they are never aggressive. Just reclusive, amazing beasts.
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