{"id":264,"date":"2011-09-19T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=264"},"modified":"2011-10-25T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T15:15:32","slug":"august-wildlife-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2011\/09\/19\/august-wildlife-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"August Wildlife Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brave Painted(?) Turtle riding Snapping Turtle!<\/p><\/div>\n

Kind of a photo journal\u00a0<\/strong>of the park… we had fun starting our quest to document the wildlife in the park, camera in hand!<\/p>\n

We discovered that turtles<\/strong> are tricky to photograph with all that glare from their shells.\u00a0 That glare can also make them hard to identify.\u00a0 We got some expert help, and it turns out the majority of turtles in the pond are invasive Red-Eared Sliders<\/strong>.\u00a0 There may also be a few Painted Turtles<\/strong>.\u00a0 And be wary of the bite of the Common Snapping Turtle!<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Green Heron<\/p><\/div>\n

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We became acquainted with the Green Heron<\/strong>, patiently fishing at its favorite spots around the pond. The pair of Belted Kingfishers<\/strong> proved just too fast for us to photograph!<\/p>\n

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Dragonfly<\/p><\/div>\n

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We were enchanted by the Dragonflies\u00a0<\/strong>circling the pond.<\/p>\n

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Ant on mushrooms<\/p><\/div>\n

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And we learned to look up close to uncover more of the park\u2019s charms, with an ant on mushrooms<\/strong> and the curious looking Spined Micrathena Spider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Spined Micrathena Spider<\/p><\/div>\n

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Northern Water Snake<\/p><\/div>\n

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Crayfish<\/p><\/div>\n

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Along Broomall\u2019s Run<\/strong> we encountered a Northern Water Snake, a<\/strong> Crayfish, American Toads,<\/strong> and the adorable Pickerel Frog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pickerel Frog<\/p><\/div>\n

We heard a report of, and then spotted, a possible muskrat<\/strong> swimming in the pond.<\/p>\n

Jewelweed<\/a><\/strong> and Pokeberry<\/a><\/strong> provided a colorful backdrop for our wanderings.<\/p>\n

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Turtles on fallen oak<\/p><\/div>\n

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For a few days after Hurricane Irene<\/strong>, turtles enjoyed a new basking spot- an oak that had fallen into the pond.<\/strong>\u00a0 According to our count of its rings, the oak was 94 years old!\u00a0<\/strong> The tree couldn\u2019t stay in the pond indefinitely, so County Parks removed it several days later.<\/p>\n

You can click on any photo to see a larger image, and scroll through the rest.\u00a0 And our photo albums on facebook<\/a> have all these park photos and more.<\/p>\n

Discover these creatures for yourself-<\/strong> look for them when you visit the park!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kind of a photo journal\u00a0of the park… we had fun starting our quest to document the wildlife in the park, camera in hand! We discovered that turtles are tricky to photograph with all that glare from their shells.\u00a0 That glare can also make them hard to identify.\u00a0 We got some expert help, and it turns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,85],"tags":[45,231,21,46,47,43,234,12,236,44,232,15],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-and-wildlife-glen-providence-park","category-photojournal","tag-amphibians","tag-birds","tag-broomalls-run","tag-fungi","tag-insects","tag-mammals","tag-nature","tag-plants","tag-pond","tag-reptiles","tag-trees","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}