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| Photo courtesy Greg Klein |
The turtles are taking full advantage of their newly-launched island in the association pond. This weekend the minnows and fish got their turn. A small crowd of onlookers and photographers gathered at water's edge to witness the grand immersion of a 12-unit fish condo, designed to provide some refuge from snappers, diving mergansers, herons and pine martens.
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We don't know the carrying capacity of the island.
It's still floating. Some are dinner plate sized. |
The stacked irrigation tubes, zip-tied by Emily and her Grandpa, were anchored to a rusty chunk of steel from a Ford transmission and plopped into five feet of water. It's not going anywhere.
There are as many as 15 turtles gathering now on sunny days. We'll never know how many fish are using the condo, but we trust they'll find it.
