Endangered Species Day

Endangered Species Day is the third Friday in May.  My wife and her friends started the morning with a celebration of this occasion (pic below).  As for me, I decided to see which endangered species make their habitat in our county.  After a bit of research I learned about the bog turtle that resides in sunlit weedy, swampy areas -- it hibernates under about six to eighteen inches of mud (and only grows to a size of about 4-1/2 inches).  This turtle is protected by Pennsylvania law, federal law, and is also protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.  I don't expect to see any bog turtles in my immediate area, but hey... you never know.

This is what the bog turtle looks like

My wife and her friends celebrating Endangered Species Day