On Trustees Road at West Meadow Beach they've marked several dozen places where turtles have laid clutches of eggs, but how wise is it to tell the public where these little endangered creatures will emerge?
One of my favorite wildflowers the mullein
A dainty rose growing in sand
Post oak
Update 6/16 -- This is crown vetch (not beach pea) 
5 comments:
How fortunate you are to live near the water - whenever you need a beach-fix, it's easy to go. Being near the beach was one of the nice things about where I lived on the Bolivar Peninsular in TX.
Beach pea... Never heard of it! My friend just posted some pictures of a snapping turtle that laid eggs on the side of the road in Granville, MA, there wasn't any signage for it like your town!
K, this is a walking road only,newly paved, and the fastest vehicles going by are bikes. The reason for the marks? I can't figure it out unless people are supposed to help the baby turtles to the brush on the left side. They instinctively head for the lagoon and they have to cross the road. The road is on a spine of land between the sound and the lagoon.
They've been living and breeding there eons before there was human activity. I found a little one the size of a quarter last week. But I wish they hadn't pointed out the places.
B, yes it's nice to have a beach nearby. The beach and the park are Brookhaven Town projects, not county or state. I would feel uncomfortable not living near water. The post oak trees are uncommon around here. I love the blunt, leathery leaves
Beach pea is a wildflower (or weed depending on your point of view). Peak flowering time is right now.
Woops! I misidentified the last photo. It is crown vetch. There is peach pea in the dunes and I'll try to get a picture of that.
I'd love to see the babies emerging and heading for the water, what a sight it must be :)
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