Staff celebrated the birth of several baby turtles last week at the golf course. Since June, Jason, a staff member at Sugar Creek, has checked and protected a turtle nest in a sand trap on the course. On September 27, he checked the nest and noticed the turtles were emerging. The timing was great, since many baby turtles do not make it back to water by themselves if the nest is far from water.
Jason watched them emerge and found 13 baby pond sliders. He then relocated the turtles to locations around the pond and stream at the golf course. Jason's patience and consistency paid off and added 13 turtles to the Sugar Creek ecosystem!