October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
June 1, 2017
My New Column: Turtles and Birds
My new column in The Record is about the Snapping Turtles that lay their eggs in my yard, birds that are predator or prey, and how they fit in nature's complicated food chain.
The link is here.
In the photo above, a young Red-shouldered Hawk dines on an even younger Snapping Turtle.
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Yesterday I told my husband you reported the laying of eggs had begun. He commented by questioning if the hawks could go after the eggs. Well, there you have it. Great article. Be careful out there.
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Yesterday I told my husband you reported the laying of eggs had begun. He commented by questioning if the hawks could go after the eggs. Well, there you have it. Great article. Be careful out there.