magicicada mating call. Have you heard it yet?
Finally, we had a visit this afternoon from Bob the Box Turtle. Mrs. Arenas was riding along down the road when out onto the road ambled a box turtle. He narrowly escaped being run over!
Fortunately Mrs. Arenas rescued little Bob, brought him in to meet the kids.
We think Bob is a male because one of his eyes was red. We also suspect Bob may be blind in one eye, as it appeared clouded over. His yellow and orange skin looked like that of a prehistoric dinosaur!
After school was over, Mrs. Arenas released the box turtle back into his natural habitat.
Want to learn more about box turtles, their life cycle, food, habitat and more? Take a look at the fact sheet below.