Dear friends,

This Sunday we took our two weeks old daughter for her first tour of the `local patch`.

Her mom was doing a little birding while still watching over her like an eagle and i went looking for herps. Not too far though, usually less then a hundred meters. :)

Lots of Red-eared Terrapins, and just a couple of Pond Turtles. And a few Marsh Frogs as well.

Of course we do not stick to the asphalt walkways. Whenever we got the chance, we went off-road, cause that`s where the wild things are. No complains from the baby so far. The stroller might need some repairs pretty soon though. :)

The birding trail

Syrian Woodpecker - confident and fun to watch

The favorite find of the day was waiting for me under a rock. Don`t you just love flipping?!

Sand Lizard

And here is Maria with her first lifer. As you can clearly see, she passed out from all the excitement :)

Happy herping everybody!