Mother Blanding had made her nest between the
goldenrod and bluestem outside my office window in late June.
By chance we were sitting on the porch when we noticed little turtles in the same area we
had seen the mother 2 months earlier.
Over the next 12 hours we found 4 hatchlings.
We named them Ralph, Norton, Alice and Trixie. (And they each had a personality.)
Since Blandings are on the threatened list we made a call to a Turtle expert for advice.
He suggested we release them down at Long's Lake.
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