Category Archive for 'Turtles'

Darwin Day - 198 years

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Note: Each horizontal row of images can be clicked on for a somewhat larger view
This is my Darwin Day tribute to Charles Robert Darwin, born Feb. 12, 1809. Originally, I set out to create something rather different, but changed my plans when I realized that they were far too ambitious. In the […]

frogs, water bugs and turtles on Kemptville Creek

Monday, July 31st, 2006

We’re back into the hot weather here. Tomorrow’s forecast shows 35C (around 95F). Don and I spent most of yesterday paddling up Kemptville Creek above Oxford Mills. There’s a put-in spot in the small park just above the dam (see above - click on all images for a larger view). As canoe […]

turtle crossing day

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Today was what we refer to as a “turtle crossing day”. Turtles were on the move on the roadways that border marshes, ponds and lakes. Every year around this time, there will be a day when it seems that large numbers of female turtles decide it’s time to make the journey to a […]