Miriam's Weather Report Part 2

Miriam's Weather Report Part 1

"Can you find the grasshopper?" 1

Can you find him? He's green.

Box Turtle Tales Part 4

Not much has changed since I last posted. My greatest hope is that the hot weather helps the eggs hatch sooner rather than later. I hope that the eggs weren't damaged in the storm.
Leah Richman

Box Turtle Tales Part 3

It's day 3 and we made a sign for the nest today. It's not the best, but serves the purpose adequately.

Sadly the spelling is only 86% intelligible. I made a video of the laying of the sign. (video 4) I'm not yet sure what we will do tomorrow, but I will probably find a way to put an extra fence like thing around it.

Leah Richman

Box Turtle Tales Video 4

Grasshopper Go Part 1

I was playing outside today, when I saw a grasshopper that was a little slow this morning. So I lost no time in scooping it up.

He was an average grass hopper, though perhaps on the large side. I named him Tom and then let him go. Next I captured one that I think was a girl. She was also on the larger scale. I named her Jackie.

Here is another photo of Jackie sitting on a log after I put her down.

And those are two of the grasshoppers that I found today.

Anna and Leah Richman

Box Turtle Tales Part 2

It's a new day and we have a metal frame over the nest.

Not much else has happened since yesterday other than the discovery that it might take 70-90 days for the eggs to hatch!

Leah Richman

Box Turtle Tales Video 3

Box Turtle Tales Video 2

Box Turtle Tales Video 1

Box Turtle Tales Part1

Earlier today we found a box turtle making a nest. She, for a box turtle, was normal. Here are some photos of the mother turtle, whom we have named Ping Pong, digging.

And after watching her dig for a while, I was so lucky as to catch the first egg dropping in on film! (video 1) It was an epic moment. I also got a good photo of the egg laying. 

The eggs were some what larger than I expected, they really do look like ping pong balls. The photo is of egg number four. I soon lost count of how many eggs there were. Then I went to the park, and when I got back I saw that Ping Pong was leaving, so I took this video clip. (video 2) Sorry about the cut off at the end. After dinner I rushed out to see the nest. It wasn't that interesting to look at.

But it is a little more interesting when you really look close. You can even see the scratch marks from Ping Pong's claws. Here is a little clip that I made while looking at the nest. (video 3) That is all for today. I'll post the videos tomorrow.
Leah Richman