Tim Fielding says: “This fella made it across North Avenue onto my property yesterday. He seems to have come from the wetlands by the Aquarion water tanks, and is heading toward the ones in back of Staples. Very purposeful and surprisingly mobile!”
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If that is a snapping turtle, you’re best to give it a wide berth.
I don’t think it’s a snapping turtle.
Turtles return to the place they were hatched to lay their eggs every year around June first. They commonly live within a few hundred yards of the place they were hatched.
travelers’ insurance
PS if you see a turtle in the next few weeks,don’t try and help it unless it is abouslutely necessary. Also if you see the nest and eggs just let them be. They are subject to predators but even picking up an egg a few inches will ruin its viability
Gorgeous. Turtle with s mission!
This female snapping turtle is going where she wants to in order to lay eggs.
she is a young female who is definitely going home
She’s lovely !
If you have ever watched them make a nest and lay their eggs…well it is amazing. It is hard to imagine how they manage. We have a small pond in our back yard and have a larger “lake” just a little farther away. They start our as babies in our pond and eventually out grow it. However we do see the “adults” making their way back to the pond sort of plowing through our flower beds. We joke that Grandma has come back for a visit. Just a note: Most of what is described as “lakes” in our part of Texas are really just overflow for rain fall since we are basically flat.
my first real experience with turtles was buying a a home in semi rural Connecticut that had ponds all around us. my now 20 year old son tracked a slow turtle one day to our garden mulch where she buried all but her head and laid eggs. that was 15 years ago i have been a fan since then.
A beautiful creature. I wonder if he or she needs assistance finding its way back to its natural habitat?
I’ll bet this is not a fella, but a mama urgently seeking a nesting spot for her soon to be laid eggs – I have one who returns to my yard every year, which is what they do. She likely knows just where she wants to go – try not to mow over the yard where she nests so the eggs don’t get shook up 😉