Wandering Aimlessly
Turtle Times
by Phil Burkhouse
This is the time of the year the holes begin appearing throughout our area. Groundhogs obviously dig holes for their dens, and skunks, God bless them, dig out bee nests in yards, but the holes I am presently seeing are not being dug by mammals. We presently have several reptiles scooping out holes in sandy soil along banks of highways and railroad grades to help propagate their species; it is egg laying time for turtles.
(Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)