A neighbour recently told Dad about a local pond inhabited by fish and a terrapin; the pond isn't far from our house but we had never been to it before because it's by a field we don't usually walk near. Dad and I went to the pond this afternoon:
The pond was filled with lilypads and reeds. There were a few branches and a log present in the water as well.
A goldfish; Dad estimated that there were at least 50 of them in the pond. They would frequently surface near the lilypads or whatever part of the pond Dad and I weren't near, although this particular fish didn't care.
Dad and I did see the terrapin, but it was swimming too fast for me to photograph; it wasn't possible for my camera to focus on a rapidly-moving reptilian head in water. A couple of teenagers who were at the pond while we were there said that they had seen three terrapins in the water before.
the Terrapin is the mascot of the University of Maryland - I've never actually seen one, even though I grew up in MD!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure it was Maryland where Dad said he saw a snapping turtle run by the side of the road in the rain.
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