After spending the spring caring for an endangered diamondback terrapin turtle, 2nd graders from the Bournedale Elementary School released the hatchling back into the wild at the end of June.
The turtle spent much of the spring in the classroom of Antonia Perry, where the young students were responsible for keeping track of the turtleâs growth, ensuring that her habitat had proper salinity levels, feeding her and changing out the water in her cage.
Ms. Perry said that while the terrapin was an animal in her classroom, the turtle was in there for rehabilitationâshe was not there as a pet.
The Town of Bourne has been approached about partnering on a solar array project that could reap the town millions of dollars. As presented, if the town accepts the offer,
The Town of Bourne has been approached about partnering on a solar array project that could reap the town millions of dollars. As presented, if the town accepts the offer,
Watch for the gulls. They gather to feast.
Their prey river herring are on an epic, ancient journey to their birthplace to spawn and replenish their species. But first, they must navigate their way upstream, bolt through a series of fish ladders and evade swarms of ravenous gulls and an array of other hungry creatures.
The herring are running.
Here s how acclaimed Brewster nature writer John Hay described a predatory conclave in Nature s Year (1961): The big white and gray birds hover over, then dive down in a flock where the fish crowd in shallow water on their way up. The valley is full of marauding and assemblies and crying out as the fish keep on, rushing and weaving with the stream flowing over their backs.