Monty and I went the Great Meadows NWR (Concord) with the kids. Quite a successful trip, in that nobody cried from tired/sun/bugs until after we got home, though we didn't do the whole loop; we crossed the causeway, then turned West along the spur for some distance, before backtracking.
Anyhow, new species for me is this musk turtle. Actually, Denton found it for us - he had been running ahead of us, and we were alternately cautioning him to stay out of the poison ivy and asking him to slow down so he could see the frogs.
Turtle
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I found this turtle on the bike path along the Charles River, a little East of River Street, where there's thick vegetation blocking access to the river, which runs very close to the road. It was facing the road on the pavement, head and feet tucked. I didn't find any obvious injury when I picked it up and examined it, and carried it (while walking my bike, which was awkward) towards one of the boat club docks.
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