Thanks to all those who came out on Saturday to the snowy Schooner volunteer day. After shoveling the snow, and building a snowman, we were able to take the cover off and prepare the Schooner for the upcoming season.
Our terrapins are growing quickly, and SoundWaters is planning and preparing for their next stages. Eventually,
SoundGeneration, SoundWaters teen action team, put on a very successful event last night at the SoundWaters Center. Numerous high school students from Stamford, Darien, and Greenwich made their way through animal touch tank stations, horseshoe crab feeding stations and the Terrapin Room. Each animal at the touch tank stations had its very own fun fact. The […]
Our terrapins have been growing quickly and have now graduated from their nurseries to larger habitats! Their new habitats have about three times more room to swim, plus a larger basking area for them to rest and soak up light and warmth. To accommodate their larger spaces, they also have twice as many lights (for […]
Join Sound Generation – the SoundWaters Tean Action Team today, 1/22 from 4:30-6:30pm to meet the newest residents of SoundWaters, 22 rescued diamondback terrapins! You’ll also hear more about the amazing adventure these tiny travelers had before landing in at SoundWaters.
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. […]
