Posted on 05/31/2013 8:19:58 AM PDT by kimtom
That plan turned into a back yard full of Box Tortoise nests and a whole lot of babies to relocate every year.
They lay eggs and the eggs hatch exactly in cycle with the marine turtles, if you see a Box Tortoise digging a nest you can bet that her salt water cousins are doing the same.
A few hung around for years and would charge up at full tortoise speed for a bite of hamburger and a head rub.
They are in decline now, suburban yards are just too neat and tidy to make good habitat, for anything, actually.
Beautiful! I’ve seen a similar arrangement of deceased tree in the water with turtles on it.
Bryan and I saw it when we were hiking at Hinkley Lake in Ohio.
They were too far off to get the perfect picture that you took, but we still enjoyed seeing them.
Sooner or later some damned fool will come along, drag that dead tree out of the pond, and claim to be making things better.
It would have to be a liberal. Just can’t leave well enough alone.
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