Every time we hike along the John Kendrick Woods Trail I see this animal staring at me from the side of the trail and it makes me smile.
Have you seen it on the trail? Cute little guy, don’t you think?
Tag Archives: Cape Cod Wildlife
Box Turtle Saved By The Leaf-Blower On Cape Cod!
Yesterday Phil was out blowing the leaves off of our road when he came across this beautiful Box Turtle in a pile of leaves right in the middle of the road. He didn’t even see it until the leaves were just about blown to the side. And there he was. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
Thank goodness Phil was there at “just the right time”as a car might have driven right over it. This little guy was definitely saved by the leaf-blower. He was such a beautiful Box Turtle who blended right in with the leaves.
Spectacular Morning At Coast Guard Beach On Cape Cod.
Lots Of Seals At Coast Guard Beach On Cape Cod.
Little Diamondback Terrapin Hatchlings On Cape Cod.
Our neighbor has several Diamondback Terrapin nests in her yard so it has been fun watching and waiting for them to hatch. Yesterday one of the terrapin nests was quite active with 11 little hatchlings emerging. They were just precious! (Click on blog link for other photos.)
You can see where the little turtles as they scurry about where their nest was. Our local “turtle expert,” Bill Allan had put a cage over it while they incubated so that any predator could not get to them.
He put the terrapins in a little plastic box and gave them some water as we went over to release them by the salt marsh. I didn’t know that these terrapin will spend 4 years outside of the water, just in the woods or undergrowth, as they grow. How fascinating!
They are just adorable, don’t you think?