16 March… in the early afternoon I waded into the Far End of the Great Alder Carr, as I call it, a shrub swap compartment favored by spotted turtles for their overwintering that has been the site of my initiation into turtle season for some years now. Following a northeaster that brought three days of […]

14 March 2010: Last Saturday (6 March) I went out to look along a reach of the west wood turtle stream; the brook is entirely free of ice, west-facing stream banks are clear of now, and despite a chill wind there was abundant sunshine and the temperature reached 54 F. I saw no turtle out […]