I finally understand what "soaked the bone" means

I will never be dry again! Its either wet and rainy or I’m sweat drenched. I finally went out with my housemates to find toads, in the rain. You see turtles like warm, dry weather for nesting and toads like wet warm weather to, ahm, “get jiggy with it” I believe is the scientific term. If one animal doesn't like the weather, chances are the other will. Catching toads, Sounds easy, right? Nope. These guys are small, come out in downpour at night and are slippery little suckers. The first time I went out Momiana (Emily and I’s new name for Cricket) we walked 10 feet down the path and we found 9 toads, apparently unheard of (I have a video of this I’ll be posting). I have been dubbed a toad magnet and Momiana is threatening to keep me in the back seat of the car every time they go out to catch toads.

The turtle lull continues with a turtle here and there, just in time for my family to visit! My family came to visit! Yay! I lead them on a tour of Great Island, we didn't see any turtles, it was foggy and very un-turtley weather. Which ended up with jokes of how the terrapins didn't exist and it's all a conspiracy. (Sadly, some people believe this. These guys are hard to find if you’re not looking. People have said we plunk them down on their property…Yes, because Mass Autoban took time and effort to displace a threatened species in your backyard just to inconvenience you. *sarcasm sign*).

As Murphy’s Law dictates we found a turtle today, barely 30 minutes into the walk, with a sonic tag!  This turtle was freaking out, she wouldn’t calm down. Emily and I received a few lovely claw marks to go with our greenhead fly bites (first flys of the season, itchy). The funny thing was when we put her down she didn’t run back into the marsh; she immediately started digging and then laying her eggs! She basically decided “I’m gonna lay my eggs whether you’re here or not! Biological Prime Directive!”

We also went out to Middle Marsh, how you might ask? By boat, ah yeah! We hopped on to Professor B’s boat and jetted out into the bay to look for more turtles. We didn’t find any turtles, but we startled a hawk 3 feet from us and nearly flew into Professor B! 

Today’s terrapins: 1

Total terrapins: 50!!!!!

Nest total: 11