Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Turtle eggs, Okra Paradise Farms, 21 June 2012

Well, that field turtle did lay eggs. Unfortunately something ate them:

Turtle eggs, Okra Paradise Farms: Unfortunately something ate them
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 June 2012

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Turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 19 June 2012

Walking along a drainage ditch with the dogs, Gretchen saw this interesting turtle:

John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 June 2012.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.

We think it's probably a slider turtle, Trachemys scripta, but it's hard to be sure. We didn't pick it up, because it appeared to be laying eggs.

Big slider turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 10 June 2012

The dogs alerted us to something in the woods near the house. Here it was, climbing a branch:

Big slider turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 10 June 2012
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.

It's a slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. Here it is in corn silk (we'd just been shucking corn):

Slider Turtle

In hand:

John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 9 March 2012.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.

On ground:

 

Why did Carolyn cross the Road?

To get the turtle to the other side:

It hissed at her.