Amy's photographs are a window into the world of turtles.

Images From a Turtle Pond

May 29, 2013

New Naturalist's Notebook team member Amy Gagnon is an artist, a horticulturist and, it turns out, a wonderful photographer. While on a recent trip to her parents' house in Benton, Maine, she went to her favorite turtle-watching spot. She brought back a slew of great images. I had to share a few with you.

I'd never seen this many turtles sunning on one log.

The female turtles lay eggs in shallow holes they dig on the water's edge—close enough that there's some water in the bottom of the hole. The temperature in this nest determines the gender of the baby turtles. If the nest is warm, the babies will be… — The female turtles lay eggs in shallow holes they dig on the water's edge—close enough that there's some water in the bottom of the hole. The temperature in this nest determines the gender of the baby turtles. If the nest is warm, the babies will be females; if it's too cold, the young turtles will be males.

A phoebe took the scene in from a cattail.

Thanks, Amy!

In Case You Missed It... I know that some of you who read the blog don't follow The Naturalist's Notebook's Facebook page, so here are a couple of photos that I put on Facebook recently and might be of interest;

A black bear visited our house the other evening and chowed down on seed from all of our feeders. He or she also bent a steel pole on which one of our hummingbird feeders hangs.

The traveling, interactive version of our 13.8-billion-year timeline of the universe is about to be installed at Joel Barlow High in Redding, Conn., for the school's big Palooza event. Huge thanks to Connecticut Principal of the Year Tom McMorran an… — The traveling, interactive version of our 13.8-billion-year timeline of the universe is about to be installed at Joel Barlow High in Redding, Conn., for the school's big Palooza event. Huge thanks to Connecticut Principal of the Year Tom McMorran and the student team working on the project, led by Anthea Taeuber.

For the first time ever Pamelia and I saw a deer visiting The Naturalist's Notebook. He or she was nibbling on a neighbor's garden in the back of the building.

NASA just released photos of the erupting Pavlof Volcano in Alaska, taken from the International Space Station. Wow.

One more reminder: The Naturalist's Notebook opens for the 2013 season on Monday, June 24!

Today's Puzzler Notebook contributor LJ spotted this abandoned egg on a trail in Craftsbury, Vt. Can you guess what type of bird soon hatched from it?

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