Aiken State Nature Park & Aiken Gopher Tortoise Hertiage Preserve

Today, we went to Aiken State Nature Park and Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve. When we went to Aiken State Nature Park we used waiters and nets to collect various species. Some species included Lesser Siren, Mad Tom Catfish, Red fin pickler, crayfish, and various frogs and tadpoles. We got to hold a corn snake and I learned the differences between various snake species in the area. Throughout the day, we saw a 5 lined skink, 6 lined racer runner and a brown ground skink. I was lucky enough to catch a red fin pickler and various frogs. Then later that day we went to the Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve and we learned about various snakes and plants. I made a butterfly friend that afternoon as it kept following me and landing on my hand. (VERY COOL) It was a very hot day but I learned a lot on this trip!