Victoria spotted tons of turtles at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir this morning.
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Turtles
By adamg - 3/29/18 - 4:26 pm
Before the clouds completely took over the sky this afternoon, a turtle sunned itself on the usual turtle perch on one of the fallen tree branches near the northern end of Jamaica Pond.
By adamg - 8/7/17 - 3:39 pm
A turtle sunning itself on a fallen tree branch in Jamaica Pond became a resting spot for a dragonfly this afternoon.
By adamg - 4/19/17 - 4:03 pm
We decamped for Jamaica Pond at lunchtime in search of the loon. Didn't find it, but did find plenty of sunning turtles.
By adamg - 9/11/16 - 7:30 pm
Jamaica Pond habitues know about the two old tree branches up near Pinebank where the turtles hang out. Today, one of the turtles seemed to just want to be left alone to soak up some more sun.
By adamg - 8/22/16 - 9:34 pm
A couple of turtles were lazing on a log at the northern end of Jamaica Pond, soaking up the sun, when a dragonfly landed on one of them. That put a quick end to snooze time - the turtle jumped into the water.
By adamg - 6/1/16 - 9:22 pm
EastieStrong spotted a very large snapping turtle in the grass this evening on Old Landing Way, near the ball field and Medford Street, in Charlestown - nowhere near any fresh water that is its natural habitat.
Animal Control won't come get it. It's far away from natural habitat. Likely dumped.
By adamg - 11/26/14 - 11:14 pm
You may have heard recently about all the sea turtles getting stranded on Cape beaches. The New England Aquarium, of course, is doing what it can to pick up the turtles and transport them to warmer climes.
By adamg - 6/14/14 - 9:30 am
Ochswar spotted an egg-laying snapping turtle near Alewife the other day.
Copyright Ochswar. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 7:34 am
Proper Bostonian reports on the wild turtle (tortoise?) she spotted ambling down Beacon Street near Charlesgate, all by himself:
There were a lot of runners passing by; it was likely he'd get squashed on or run over if he wasn't relocated. Bringing him home to meet the cats flashed through my mind for maybe a second; they have never mentioned any interest in
amphibiansreptiles, although the kittens have more scientific curiosity than Possum or Wendy. But I didn't see that scenarios ending well.
By adamg - 5/30/12 - 9:49 am
Around 8:20 a.m., an inbound Kat Powers reported:
On a D Line train in Newton delayed by a turtle on the track. Driver has announced she can't move the train because the turtle will die. Waiting for an official to move the turtle.
A few minutes later, she reported two MBTA officials arrived to try to move the recalcitrant reptile.
Action-news reporter Steve Annear adds:
Officials removed it with a shovel.
By adamg - 5/26/12 - 10:02 am
Patty Neal reports the snapping turtles are out in force this morning.
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