Hooray! The turtle has finally discovered our turtle raft! This must be the same turtle Henry spotted on the raft on Friday. This large turtle was first seen in the Amphibian Pond in early spring. It may be the one that has been in the pond for several years, but hard to say. We also have a smaller painted turtle, and a snapping turtle in the pond. Last week, Diane's volunteers, working on the Butterfly meadow, not only inadvertantly unearthed some turtle eggs, but found a tiny painted turtle, the size of a quarter Diane says. She put it into the pond, and let's hope it survives. The green herons seem to have vanished so the turtle may be safe. This would be the 3rd painted turtle in the pond.

Speaking of the pond, there have been very few dragonflies and damselflies found this year to date. Mostly what we are seeing are Eastern forktails. But then, everything seems to be quite late, so we'll see what happens when summer progresses a bit. The green frogs are certainly vocal in the pond right now!