While approaching the ninth green at Crestbrook Park in Watertown Ct yesterday morning, I noticed what appeared to be debris at the top of a sand trap. As we had some heavy winds and rain the night before, I assumed that it was blown down from the big oak tree just to the left of the green.
As I got closer I noticed that the pile was moving, so it required a closer look.
A rather large turtle, of the snapping variety, decided this was an ideal place to make a nest for her eggs. This turtle was about 18" acrossit's back, with a head the size of a softball. Definitely not something I would be looking to have come near one of my fingers. I will need to take a look this weekend to see if the maintenance staff will try to close off that portion of the trap so that nature can run it's course.
Crestbrook Park is a public golf course in Watertown Ct. Along side the park and part of the acreage is Lake Merriman, which offers fishing, ice skating in the winter and nature trails through the back side of the golf course. There are all manner of wildlife that can be found around the course, including a habitat for turtles. Mother nature always find a way to protect it's own. Maybe there will be a reprieve for the eggs in this trap.
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