Fresh Pond Reservation

64 degrees. Brisk wind from the west. A much more comfortable day for Cassady. Someone removed the post on which the wrist, connected to the hand, that held the camera, that took this photo, rested. A bit distressing. Such are the problems of the amateur naturalist. A real naturalist could probably get a grant to have that post embedded in a ton of concrete. The turtles were out again today. Two of them. One three times the size of the other. They are getting skittish. Moving towards the fence to take a pictures caused them to dive into the water causing these ripples. Waiting a bit I could see both of them swimming around a bit away from the fence, with their heads poking just above the water. Slowly they swim around and towards their sunning spot... But nothing came of my wait. They would dive back into the water as soon as I approached the fence. Almost two feet of water have been drained from the little pond. This appears to be a small, but new, bird nest.



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