Turtlesinger, Inc.


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April 28, 2022



Later That Same Day



Turn up the volume to hear more about this video taken of Spike the same day as the one you saw to get here.


Spike’s lids may be the reason Spike has remained such a friendly snapping turtle for 16 years now (17 on July 1st)!


We are excited to have booked 4 opportunities so far to see Spike (and ONLY Spike) in public at various outdoor Snapper Day locations this year!


We’ll be ending today’s Blog with a different kind of Spike feeding day video. But before then, to see a completely different but decidedly delightful denizen of the marsh who is equally at home in the water, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



Loch Ness Monster?



No, it’s not the Loch Ness Monster, but our attempts at catching a shot of a marvelous March otter in low tide behind our house reminded us of Nessie pictures.


I thought I saw a rather strange-looking large bird in the distance up the right arm of Crooked Creek but found instead when I looked through the scope this delightful otter. He was in no hurry and would scurry along then slide along the marsh mud! He slowly made it to the shallow water in front of our dock before heading east down the canal.


It's definitely not our first sighting of otters from our house, but still a rare treat.


Can you guess what our next large, feathered guest will be? To find out, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



Big Blue Back Bay Behemoth



We usually have at least one resident great blue heron who feels safe enough to get close to our house. I remember one time I saw maybe 8 of them in a loosely-scattered group not far out in the marsh. Usually, though, they don’t seem to tolerate another great blue heron hanging out too close by and will chase the other one away.


We always refer to these glorious giants as “pterodactyls” when they fly by.


For some smaller and brighter winged wonders, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



March Mergansers



We love watching these beautifully colored, red-breasted merganser pairs and groups frequent our backyard all winter. This year, 6 to 8 of them would work as a team to scour the canal for food, working as a group like the cormorants do in the spring.


Soon we’ll be saying goodbye to these along with the bufflehead, black and probably even mallard ducks as well as the hooded mergansers, green-winged teals and brant geese as they migrate to their summer grounds and give way to our summer egrets, herons, terns and gulls.


For a short video of these red-breasted mergansers behind our house, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



Moving, Marvelous March Mergansers!



Enjoy watching these lively red-breasted merganser ducks at home in the canal behind our house.


The canal was formed long ago when creating Stone Harbor Boulevard.


We’re grateful that, like the great blue heron and others, they also don’t mind coming close to our dock!


For a look at some more of our backyard feathered “royalty,” SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



O is for Osprey!



We took a little video of the osprey couple enjoying some fish they had just caught while on the nest nearest to our house (maybe 200 yards away).


The osprey always tend to return late in March, and we always seem to get a true early-bird who passes through before the ones who stick around for good. This year our first osprey sighting was on the west nest on March 8th!


We also feel lucky to have been able to watch 2 established osprey nests to the east and west of us long before we saw other osprey pairs in our area or even at the National Wildlife Refuge in Brigantine.


For a shot of Rocky, our 3-toed box turtle, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



A Light in His Eye



Rocky was hanging out with Gracie in our sunroom on this March day, and although being with Gracie always makes Rocky light up all over, we loved how the light illuminated his eye in this shot.


So far this year with the strange and changing temperatures, the turtles were able to be outdoors (albeit inland) more in March than in April!


In the meantime, they always enjoy catching some rays in our sunroom.


As promised, we’ll end today’s Blog with another feeding day video of Spike. To watch it, SCROLL DOWN…



April 28, 2022



Munching on Minnows



It’s another “talkie,” so feel free to turn up your volume to hear about Spike’s minnow feeding day.


Spike and our other 3 turtles enjoyed some more outdoor time twice this month at Belleplain State Forest, whose staff were nice enough to let us take advantage of the warmer temperatures inland so they could get some fresh air and sunshine.


We hope to show you that and so much more marvelous footage soon! In the meantime: thanks so much as always for reading!





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