Julia's Stony Brook Program

This morning's Stony Brook Tiny Trekkers program focused on one of my favorite animals - turtles.  Julia learned about the four different kinds of turtles that live in Massachusetts - painted, snapping, spotted and box turtles.  After reading a story and making a craft (her paper plate turtle, pictured below), we headed out for a hike.

I brought my "real" camera to this morning's program, and Julia wanted to take some pictures.  I like this one of water lilies - it's very artistic, I think.

 Julia also got a nice shot of this blooming water lily.

 Then we got to the area where painted turtles were sunning themselves on logs.  Julia had a hard time zooming in on the little reptiles, so she handed the camera over to me.

 On our way back from the boardwalk to the nature center, we saw a family of swans.  Julia thought the four little cygnets were so cute - and I agree!