Painted Turtle Migration: Lend a Hand!

Twice a year the painted turtles cross the road. They seem to move in the late spring and again in the autumn. You can see them sunning themselves on logs or rocks near the water in the summer, but you never see them crossing the road then.

Turtles are slow. Cars are fast. We always stop to carry the turtles across whenever possible. It doesn't cost us anything and the turtles don't seem to mind. It's the purest kind of good deed: the turtles aren't going to do us any favors in return.

(Caution: don't try this with snapping turtles!)

On This Day In Maine...
Nothing Happened!

The big news in Maine today is no news. This is an actual screen shot from this afternoon.