Wildlife in My Backyard, and Other Nature Topics

Introduction This week I wanted to write about one of my favorite animals to work with at the nature center the corn snake.                                                                                                  Houdini  Photo Credit Matt Bell Corn Snakes in my Backyard Unfortunately, I have had very little sighting of corn snakes in my backyard. The reason for this is they are not native to PA. However, I did have one sighting in the early 2000s! Sometimes on warm spring and summer nights I will take a night walk around the creek in my front yard, just to see what I can find. One night I saw a small corn snake at the edge of the small forest in my front yard. The snake retreated...

Introduction For this week’s post I am going to write about the eastern box turtle. This is my first turtle post, which is appropriate because the eastern box turtle is the first turtle I ever saw.                                                                                       Photo Credit Matt Bell Box Turtles in my Backyard The box turtle is another animal that has been with me most of my life. I first saw a box turtle when I was five or six, which I caught during one of my summer backyard expeditions. I had been searching for a turtle in my back...