Just Another Nature Enthusiast
JANE’s Images & Thoughts 🌲 Inspired by the Pacific Northwest & places I wander
Northwestern Garter Snake Thamnophis ordinoides The Northwestern Garter Snake is perfectly at home at Beaver Willows. Proximity to the Glencoe Swale wetland provides the preferred habitat of this species: damp areas with lots of vegetation and open sunny areas. The two snakes featured in this post were found in places where these critters like to hangout- near houses and also often found when moving boards, logs, or other object used…
Every Year- May 23rd- is International Turtle Day We appreciate the Painted Turtles that call our wetland- home.
A Painted Turtle basks as the sun’s warmth aids in the digestion of food in its gut. Can you spot the photo bombing Bull Frog? A flotilla of duck hens paddles about… Isn’t the contrast between the Hooded Merganser hen and the Gadwall hen rather striking? The real show-stopper occurs when Mother Wood Duck emerges out of the grasses. Her nine ducklings prattle about in all directions and resist being corralled into one orderly…