swim

Today we had quite an eventful walk. At the pond there were more then 100 Painted turtles on all the logs sunning themselves.  The pair of Canada Geese hatched 4 young.  I found a Red-shoulder hawks nest, and one of the parents flew over to check us out.  Next Monty ran too close to a turkeys nest and she ran out and tried to lure him away.  She dropped her wings and acted as if she was hurt, and continued to walk further from her nest with us following.  She was near us for another 10 minutes of our hike.  Monty learned to swim, FINALLY!  He loves it and didn't want to stop.  It took 2 years of patience on my part to get him to do it. Next we ran into a male wood turt that I've found 3 times.  He is like an old friend.  Back at home there was a Raccoon under the bird feeder, most likely a female who is feeding young.  What a day!