Tuesday, June 26, 2012

June Visitors

 It's still June and June always means interesting visitors....

 This is the third painted turtle that has shown up in my driveway looking for a place to lay eggs...

They dig holes in the gravel, lay their eggs and then dissappear back into the pond for another year...

and I have to try to remember where all the nests are so I don't drive over them.


The painted turtles are much more pleasant company than this platter sized, prehistoric monster who showed up last June....


Snapping turtles aren't really what I wanted to grow in my garden beds....

But I wasn't about to argue with her....


4 comments:

  1. She was letting you be the surrogate parents of her baby turtles...little whipper snappers....Oh I couldn't resist. Oma Linda

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  2. Be able to enjoy this turtles in savage,it's the best way, wonderful!!! I wonder how she got up, to get inside of your garden beds...

    I keep seven grown turtles and four babys in my little garden.They are not water turtles.But I have to feed them every day and worm them once a year.I was able,(and very lucky) a couple of mouth ago,to video record the moment she was lying the eggs. :)

    http://locaxmisgallinas.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/video-de-tortuga-poniendo-huevos.html

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  3. Great photos! I love turtles, and you captured some neat shots! We live in the woods, and turtles wander through quite a bit, on their way to find a wetlands. I like to pose them, take a picture, and then send them on their way! I've found that if they are headed north, and you place then in a southern direction or location, they begin to head north once again - and vice versa. Don't know why this is!

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  4. One of the few things I like about snapping turtles is how the back of their carapace is jagged... a reminder that the front is a little sharp, too ;-)

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