August Wildlife Sightings
Brave Painted(?) Turtle riding Snapping Turtle!
Kind of a photo journal of the park… we had fun starting our quest to document the wildlife in the park, camera in hand!
Green Heron
We became acquainted with the Green Heron, patiently fishing at its favorite spots around the pond. The pair of Belted Kingfishers proved just too fast for us to photograph!
Dragonfly
We were enchanted by the Dragonflies circling the pond.
Ant on mushrooms
And we learned to look up close to uncover more of the park’s charms, with an ant on mushrooms and the curious looking Spined Micrathena Spider.
Spined Micrathena Spider
Northern Water Snake
Crayfish
Along Broomall’s Run we encountered a Northern Water Snake, a Crayfish, American Toads, and the adorable Pickerel Frog.
Pickerel Frog
We heard a report of, and then spotted, a possible muskrat swimming in the pond.
Jewelweed and Pokeberry provided a colorful backdrop for our wanderings.
Turtles on fallen oak
For a few days after Hurricane Irene, turtles enjoyed a new basking spot- an oak that had fallen into the pond. According to our count of its rings, the oak was 94 years old! The tree couldn’t stay in the pond indefinitely, so County Parks removed it several days later.
You can click on any photo to see a larger image, and scroll through the rest. And our photo albums on facebook have all these park photos and more.
Discover these creatures for yourself- look for them when you visit the park!
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Your posts are my favorite facebook reads!!!! Thanks for the great info!
Thank you, Christine!
I have seen numerous chipmunks, turtles, snakes, fish both large & small and what I suspect was a muskrat going into the pond. I only got a brief glimpse so the muskrat or perhaps large common rat that my wife and I saw go into the pond.
I’ll bet it was a muskrat- I was actually able to photograph one in September. There are at least 2 in the pond. We’ll be posting the photo soon- it is already in our facebook Wildlife photo album.