NYTTS Celebrated Urban Wildlife Appreciation Day for Eighth Year, Saturday, May 6, 2017 Photos by Judith Barber (JB) and Mitch Cramer (MC) The day was alternately sunny and warm, then overcast with a cold wind from the south. Matt Hybel rigged a plastic sheet barrier that protected us and the turtles. The cold did not deter the crowd, how­ever, and many curi­ous peo­ple came to our tent to see and ask about the turtles. NYTTS members Judith Barber, Lorri, Mitch, and Abby Cramer, Bar­bara Dad­dario, Suzanne Dohm, Matt Hy­bel, Andrea Ramsey, Frank Schnei­der, and Jim Van Abbema helped field tur­tle questions, and Judith and An­drea gave the kids turtle stamps for their cards. Native New York turtles on display in­cluded a Diamond-backed Terrapin, a Common Snapping Turtle, a Com­mon Musk Turtle, a Wood Turtle, and an Eastern Box Turtle. Out-of-state American turtles included an Alli­gator Snapping Turtle, a Three-toed Box Turtle, and a Red-eared Slider. Non-native species included a Chinese Box Turtle and a Russian Tortoise. The event is sponsored annually by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the Urban Park Rangers. This year we were at Highbridge Park in upper Manhattan’s East Side.