Comments on Julie Zickefoose: Box Turtle Mysteries

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Sorry to hear about the turtle losses, but I'm hop...

2007-04-04T09:41:00.000-05:00

Sorry to hear about the turtle losses, but I'm hoping for that one little guy out there! I'm sure he's there somewhere.

What beautiful blue eggs!

Checked my bluebird records for the last few years...

2007-04-03T18:50:00.000-05:00

Checked my bluebird records for the last few years. With one exception, the first clutch incubation has always been 13 days, and 12 days for the second. The one exception was 15 days during one particularly cold, wet spring. I have never had 3 clutches in a season. With them starting so early this spring, maybe this will be my year.

~Kathi, who hasn't yet found a phoebe nest

I read your story when you first posted, and had n...

2007-04-03T18:45:00.000-05:00

I read your story when you first posted, and had nothing to say (feeling too sad). Then just tonight in talking with a neighbor she asked if I had seen their turtle--a 3 toed turtle. It seems her husband had put it in a plastic playpen outside, and it got out and wandered away. That made me very sad--that people who have a turtle as a pet (which I wouldn't recommend) would not care for it properly.

When I found a cardinal dead outside my bedroom wi...

2007-04-03T15:18:00.000-05:00

When I found a cardinal dead outside my bedroom window a few years ago, I saw to it that he had a decent burial, even if it was outside a small Toronto walk-up. But I remember thinking that a naturalist would think me crazy for a sentimental act. It's nice to be wrong -- seems you might have done the same thing had you been me!!

Walked home this afternoon to hear --and see-- a romantically-inclined (I guess!) cardinal flying like crazy between the Norway maple in our front yard and the Silver maple in our back yard. What a pleasant sight (and sound) he is, as are the fat little juncos in their tuxedo tails, in the middle of the city.

Sad, but enlightening story. That's very good sleu...

2007-04-03T10:25:00.000-05:00

Sad, but enlightening story. That's very good sleuthing, Julie. I always appreciate the effort you make to sustain and protect the wildlife around you. Looking forward to your posts about the soon-to-be bluebird babies.

Caroline, Especially important to keep a close ey...

2007-04-03T08:59:00.000-05:00

Caroline,

Especially important to keep a close eye on that nest after the big recent rain, and with the cold coming Wednesday night. It probably wouldn't hurt to poke your finger around in the mulch a bit to see if you have turtles already emerged, and dug back in.
Rondeau, "loved and lost" sums it up perfectly.

To paraphraseIt is better to have tried and failed...

2007-04-03T08:48:00.000-05:00

To paraphrase
It is better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all.

RR

Hi Julie-I've been waiting to hear about your box ...

2007-04-03T08:39:00.000-05:00

Hi Julie-

I've been waiting to hear about your box turtles and am so sorry about your find. Per your advice I have had a milk crate protecting our turtle eggs since last July and have seen no obvious changes in the dirt/mulch under it. I will have to do a little detective work this evening.

Caroline

From one turtle lover to another, I understand you...

2007-04-03T07:47:00.000-05:00

From one turtle lover to another, I understand your disappointment but I'll bet there's a young one out there that made it! And then you find bluebird eggs - the silver lining!

Nature isn't always kind but lets hope the one mad...

2007-04-02T20:32:00.000-05:00

Nature isn't always kind but lets hope the one made it! Congrats on the bluebird eggs and can't wait to see when my little guys decide to start sitting. Thanks for taking the time describing your CSI efforts!

Hi Katdoc--congratulations on the nesting phoebes!...

2007-04-02T19:14:00.000-05:00

Hi Katdoc--congratulations on the nesting phoebes!! Envy! I have a singing male but no female as yet that I've seen.
I calculate bluebird incubation as starting with the laying of the third or, to be conservative, fourth egg. The four eggs were warm on March 30, so that gives two days of incubation in March, plus twelve in April, for a total of 14. The fifth egg just has to catch up on only 12 days of incubation. The embryo's development speeds up when it hears the peeping of the chicks in the eggs next to it. Cool, huh?
But you're right--very low ambient temps. are predicted so the actual incubation period could vary from the norm of 14 days. It depends on how close a sitter the hen is. Mine is very flighty.
It definitely helps to have bluebirds nesting (though I'll have to worry them through the cold spring). Going out to bury the turtle now. Sigh.

Wow! What a story. Very intriguing. I would say...

2007-04-02T19:08:00.000-05:00

Wow! What a story. Very intriguing. I would say that there is one more turtle in the world because of you. I guess I am an optimist.

Oh, and lovely bluebird eggs.

How strange. I was just thinking during my mornin...

2007-04-02T18:56:00.000-05:00

How strange. I was just thinking during my morning commute that I hadn't heard any box turtle news and wondered what was happening with them. How sad to find the dead hatchling. I like to think that one made his way to freedom and life, thanks to you.

My bluebird eggs are on the same schedule as yours, 5th egg laid March 31, but I have calculated a different hatch date. I was counting 14 days incubation, not 12. With this weekend's temps predicted to drop into the 20's, I wonder if that will cause a delay in hatching.

Eastern Phoebe with nest material today! Is this the first year I get baby pheobes?

~Kathi

Oh, Julie, what a sad finding. Thank you for shar...

2007-04-02T18:45:00.000-05:00

Oh, Julie, what a sad finding. Thank you for sharing though -- it was fascinating. Sometimes nature is terrible as well as marvelous. And thank you for sharing the hope of those four (now five) tiny blue eggs.