Yertle, the Turtle

Here is our aquatic turtle, making his (her?) first appearance this spring. He actually digs in and hibernates in our pond each winter! Then, poof! When the weather turns warm, he makes a run for the sun! Justin usually puts logs in the pond for him to sun on, but we weren't ready with them this time & he climbed right onto the bridge. The kids were able to get pretty close & the turtle didn't mind.

They are doing this easing up thing on "Mr. Robin" too. We have a robin couple that live in our trees & they come into our yard to gather nesting materials, eat, and take baths in our pond. Mr. Robin lets us get pretty close. Adam would like for him to eat seeds out of his hand!