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Nature Sightings And Challenges, Summer Of 2020

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Eleven Loggerhead Sea Turtles washed ashore in July alone, several determined to have died from motor vessel collisions.

Eleven Loggerhead Sea Turtles washed ashore in July alone, several determined to have died from motor vessel collisions.

A pair of otters photographed in the Connetquot watershed, the first south shore watershed to be colonized by otters. Yuriy Litvinenko

A pair of otters photographed in the Connetquot watershed, the first south shore watershed to be colonized by otters. Yuriy Litvinenko

authorMike Bottini on Sep 7, 2020
This week’s column is a recap of interesting nature sightings over the course of the 2020 summer — and since weather is an integral part of nature, I’ll start with... more

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