Naturalist Adventure Guide: Yellow-Bellied Slider Today’s Naturalist Adventure Guide is about the yellow-bellied slider (𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘢). Just like the red-eared slider, which was featured recently in another video, the yellow-bellied slider is not native to Ohio. The individuals found in the Lily Pond are most likely descendants from pet turtles. Unfortunately, they were likely released into the wild by owners who no longer wanted them. This is a common means o

This yellow bellied sapsucker has a very specific diet that might be seemingly difficult to replace in a rehabilitation setting. Bugs and berries are easy enough to provide but in the wild the drill a network of little holes called “sapwells” into the bark of trees, where sugar-rich sap wells up from the trees vasculature, which they then drink.We use pure maple syrup to replicate the sap that they would find in the wild. At first, they are skeptical of a cap full of syrup, but as soon as they t