SoundWaters Education team hits the conference circuit once again! The education team along with 105 environmental educators from New York and Connecticut attended the Regional Environmental Education Day (REED) this week. The conference consisted of Summer Camp, Curriculum and Programming Round Tables, Winter Stream Ecology, Assessing Forest Health and many more seminars. The team learned new programs and […]
This morning Jimmy Stuart, SoundWaters Board Member, received the Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award from the Stamford Volunteer Center. Jimmy, a lifelong Stamford resident, has served as a member of SoundWaters Board of Directors since 2007 and how, in addition to his responsibilities as a Board member and co-chair of the Center Committee, Jim has assumed […]
Now that the terrapins have settled into their new home at SoundWaters, sales they’ve been growing rapidly! We’ve been carefully monitoring their growth, and over the holidays, some gained as many as 6 grams. That may not sound like much, but it’s pretty impressive for a terrapin that arrived weighing only 8 grams! Soon it […]
While in Anchorage, six of the terrapins were treated for minor bacterial shell infections. We are carefully monitoring these six terrapins, keeping the healing spots on their shells clean with a betadine solution, and ensuring that their shells continue to grow and develop properly! All of these terrapins are otherwise active, eating well, and healthy. […]
If you guessed a bunch of things, you’re right. Specifically, they eat fish, snails, worms, clams, crabs and marsh plants. Diamondback terrapins’ powerful jaws are known to make a popping sound as they eats snails and other mollusks. The hatchlings in SoundWaters nursery are currently on a diet of diced scallops, blood worms and dry-pellet […]
The hatchlings are acclimating well to life at the Coastal Education Center; they are strong swimmers and have healthy appetites. With this rescue, SoundWaters has reaffirmed its role as a regional expert and resource and provided a permanent home to the terrapins. We’ve also significantly increased the number of animals that will be available to […]
So happy to share the great news that the Terrapins flew in from Anchorage this afternoon and are now happily moved in to the SoundWaters lab. Upon arrival, the terrapins were measured, weighed, given fresh water and food (bloodworms) and placed in the hatchling nursery for supervision. Considering their traumatic journey, the terrapins appear healthy and […]
Shop & Support SoundWaters at Vineyard Vines Greenwich (145 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich CT) on Wednesday, December 17 from 5pm – 7pm. Join event hosts John & Molly Baxter, Scott & Tara Mitchell and Lindsey Worster for a special event! Take 10% Off your purchase while Vineyard Vines gives 10% back to Sound Waters, the leading […]
SoundWaters, headquartered in Stamford is expecting delivery Wednesday of 25 diamondback terrapin hatchlings seized when U.S. customs inspectors in Alaska intercepted an illegal shipment reportedly destined for China. Leigh Shemitz, President of SoundWaters, reports that a nursery for the baby terrapins has been set up at the Coastal Education Center in Cove Island Park that […]
Last month we showcased the spider crabs and their molts. This month we have a whole new molt for you! Shown in the picture on the left is the molts from horseshoe crabs in their first year of life. We have these molts from juvenile horseshoe crabs living in our SoundWaters Aquarium! For the horseshoe crab to grow […]
