16 March… in the early afternoon I waded into the Far End of the
Great Alder Carr, as I call it, a shrub swap compartment favored by
spotted turtles for their overwintering that has been the site of my
initiation into
turtle season for some years now. Following a northeaster that brought
three days of rain, more than enough to [...]

14 March 2010: Last Saturday (6 March) I went out to look along a
reach of the west wood turtle stream; the brook is entirely free of
ice, west-facing stream banks are clear of now, and despite a chill
wind there was abundant sunshine and the temperature reached 54 F. I
saw no turtle out of the stream along [...]