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June Sightings

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Bucks are developing their antlers and

Bucks are developing their antlers and "in velvet;” this one has a dozen engorged ticks between its ears. MIKE BOTTINI

A turkey vulture with two chicks nesting in an old cistern in the Northwest area of East Hampton. RICHARD POVEROMO

A turkey vulture with two chicks nesting in an old cistern in the Northwest area of East Hampton. RICHARD POVEROMO

A female diamondback terrapin digging a nest to lay eggs at the Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea. RICHARD POVEROMO

A female diamondback terrapin digging a nest to lay eggs at the Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea. RICHARD POVEROMO

By Mike Bottini

 on Jun 27, 2017
Topping the list of sightings reported to me over the month of June were those of turtles, and the majority of those were of snapping turtles.The most unusual of the... more

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