Nubi Cohousing News » pond http://blog.nubicoho.org By and about the Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 car-free = good for turtles http://blog.nubicoho.org/2010/06/car-free-good-for-turtles/ http://blog.nubicoho.org/2010/06/car-free-good-for-turtles/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:32:15 +0000 Noel http://blog.nubicoho.org/?p=783 Since moving here a couple years ago, I’ve enjoyed seeing some wonderful wildlife on and around the property, but also been surprised by a few big misses — creatures that’ve been noticeably absent. Turtles have been high on that list for me. Even with our river and pond and wetlands, I had not seen a single turtle here.

That changed yesterday. Mid-morning, Suzy came to our door to announce that a turtle had just strolled across Steele Road in the middle of our neighborhood. (I became keenly aware of another benefit of keeping cars out!) By the time I got out to take a look, it was making its way through the grass.

In hopes that this one would stick around, I violated various rules of animal etiquette by relocating the turtle a few hundred feet down the road, placing it at the edge of our pond, which seems to me a good place for amphibious creatures.

The turtle immediately dove — really dove — into the water. It appeared so eager to get away from me that the moment I placed it on the ground, it practically jumped into the water and quickly swam deep down into the pond, disappearing from sight. I stayed by the water for some time, but couldn’t relocate it again. So, today I was happy to see the turtle sunning on the edge of the pond, and when I went to take a closer look, it (of course) leapt back into the water. I’m hoping it’ll stick around.

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New Year skating on the pond

New Year skating on the pond

Some more good photos are in the flikr set, (and in rotation for the blog banner up top).

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