Sightings for the Week of June 3, 2013
June 10th, 2013 | Category: SightingsThis week at Grand Bay:
3rd – Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) recaptured #86 and #1, Rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.)
4th – Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) recaptured #118 and #19, Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis gettula)
7th – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) recaptured #122, great photos of young Purple Martin (Progne subis) from this year’s colony on our Facebook page
Other recent sightings that haven’t been posted yet:
May 23rd – an Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina) caught at the Grand Battures during our quarterly fish monitoring
June 1st – Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) and a flock of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) seen while at Point aux Chenes capturing Seaside Sparrows (Ammodramus maritmus) for an ongoing research project. Visit our Facebook page to see photos!