Harold!
Meet Harold! On Saturday afternoon, my mother and I were outside in our backyard. We are no strangers to wildlife in our backyard, as we are near a hydro field, in an area with lots of trees and lots of space for birds, squirrels, raccooons, possums, and even the occassioanl coyote to roam. About 30 minutes after I came back into the house, my dad called upstairs to me that I needed to come downstairs as my mother was calling me. Sitting in the middle of our patio was a small turtle! Of course, I wanted to document the sighting, so I ran upstairs to grab my phone/camera. Using GoogleLens, I searched and discovered our turtle friend was a Red-Eared Slider - Not normally found in the wild, and definitey not a native species to Ontario. Had this smart turtle escaped from a house? I decided to give it a name - Harold. (I don't know why, it's just the first name that came to mind). We thought Harold would move along and find some food and continue their journey to wherever it was t...