Turtles

Three trips to parks and three turtle sightings.

In June Dan and I visited Wye Island and I wrote about it here.

We saw this turtle crossing the road.  It wasn't bothered by my walking up to take its photo.  In fact it was quite speedy crossing.

On July 3 we had a walking trip from Vantage House courtesy of the Fitness staff to Quiet Waters Park outside Annapolis, MD.  We spotted this turtle along the path.

On Sunday, a lovely day to be out, we drove to Calvert Cliffs State Park, and hiked 3.6 miles round trip.  More on that hike to the Chesapeake Bay in another post.  Along the way we spotted these two turtles in the wetlands along the path.

I don't know how the turtle above climbed up that old stump which was several feet out of the water.  The one below was content to be half in and half out of the water on that lily pad.

So nice to see creatures in their natural habitat.  They don't have it easy.

Wildlife

I planted my peppers finally on Wednesday along with a row of bush beans, two pots of cucumbers, a row of Little Gem lettuce and a hill of butternut squash.

This toad was in the garden.  I think he's made a home there.  Good!

As I was finishing up I spotted a turtle by the garden gate.  Was he going in or out?  I didn't know but with all the mud on him I figured he needed to be relocated to the pond and that's where I took his photo.  

Look at that long tail.

He blends in with the surroundings well.  

When I went back 10 minutes later I couldn't spot him anywhere.

I wonder if he will eat goldfish?