Turn, turn, turn

[Lilith]

On this big blue marble.

Here is how I spent an hour today...



I explained to my littlest kiddo that had it not been his "no electronics" day he never would have even noticed it.

[PantyFanatic]

(a good day to see new life in the making)


Great pics Lil. Were those taken on an exploratory outing or an observed happenstance?

Is the nest in a location you could easily monitor it for the hatching?

[Lilith]

Kiddo came running in, "mom you got to see this" (does anyone remember the 4 foot iguana he found?) so I run/creep out there to find her digging a hole across the street. The house is vacant but owned. Supposedly it takes 3 months to hatch and the likelihood is that the raccoons will get to them first.

[lizzardbits]

I wanna grow reptiles in my neighbor's garden, quick- send me a pregnant momma turtle!!!

[rabbit]

Lil, go to Home Depot and buy some stuff that chases pests like raccoons away. You spray it and the scent forces them to move on. That will give those little turtles a chance to at least hatch.

Cool stuff!

:)

[nikki1979]

that is way cool , hopefully the 'coons will stay away , maybe some chicken wire around it and over it

[osuche]

Lil, this is very cool. Thank you so much for sharing your pics!!

[sodaklostsoul]

That is way cool Lilith.........hope they get a fighting chance.

[Lilith]

It was very humbling watching her dig and dig and dig, deeper and deeper, trying to dig deep enough to keep her babies safe. She had more compassion for her babies than some human parents do.

[PantyFanatic]

.....I run/creep out there to find her digging a hole across the street. The house is vacant but owned. Supposedly it takes 3 months to hatch and the likelihood is that the raccoons will get to them first.

Let's see :rolleyes:

key words, "accross the street" ...... "vacant" ...... "creep" ....."shovel"


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[PantyFanatic]

I wanna grow reptiles in my neighbor's garden, quick- send me a pregnant momma turtle!!!
Yeah! One that likes to wear snowshoes.

[lizzardbits]

ppfffftt :p :p

ok, I wouldn't put them in the neighbor's garden, I'd have them in an aquarium, tucked nice and sound in the same kind of earth that the momma had buried them in. They'd be a nice Halloween present :D

[WildIrish]

It was very humbling watching her dig and dig and dig, deeper and deeper, trying to dig deep enough to keep her babies safe. She had more compassion for her babies than some human parents do.


If more people looked at it that way...well, I shouldn't go there.

Amazing experience to share with your children. Way cool!

[Lilith]

ppfffftt :p :p

ok, I wouldn't put them in the neighbor's garden, I'd have them in an aquarium, tucked nice and sound in the same kind of earth that the momma had buried them in. They'd be a nice Halloween present :D

I did some reading cause I thought I'd just dig it all up and use it at school but what I read said that the eggs can't roll. If they turn they are ruined.

[gekkogecko]

Ooooh, a momma box turtle.

Don't use the chicken wire: the racoons will fairly easily get through it, and if the turtle hatch and the chicken wire isn't torn up by then, it most likely will tear them up when they dig their way out of the nest.

In actuality, you shouldn't dig up the nest & incubate the eggs on your own. There's a good reason that's not kosher without a permit.

[scotzoidman]

From what I can see, looks like you got a terrapin, or what we call locally a "box turtle"...I think you may be too far inland to get many true turtles there...I've caught a couple of these guys in my youth, & it's so cool that kiddo got to see a little bit of nature in action...
btw, terrapins have a worse track record of successful street crossing than even 'possums & armadillos

[dicksbro]

Lil, the pictures are fantastic. Nature is amazing and watching nature is one of the most rewarding things to do in the world, I think. I love it when I go to the park and see deer, raccoons, rabbits or birds in a natural setting. Still remember the time my wife and I saw a doe and her fawn. We stopped maybe 100 ft. from her and just watched. The doe didn't panic and we were able to watch her baby snack on the grass for 10 minutes or so before she ambled off. Fantastic.

Thanks for sharing those pictures! :thumbs:

[Lilith]

Too bad all the owls, foxes, turtles, and various wildlife are about to be run off by SUPER damn Walmart.

[Aqua]

That's so damn cool Lil. I'm jealous.

[wyndhy]

awesome experience for your little guy...and you, too, lil....way to grab that teachable moment ;)

the new place we live is a bit out of the way so we get lots of chances to watch wildlife being...uhm...wild. we saved a snapping turtle who must have gotten scooped up in the front-loader when they graded our yard. he ended up on our driveway, totally covered in caked-on mud, and supremely pissed. we watched a box turtle forage for food back by the stream, and we are the proud owners of an entire, intact garter snake skin. and i swear there are bugs out here that exist nowhere else…at least, we’ve never seen ‘em before.:p at about mid-spring, we spent and afternoon watching a couple of chickadees teaching their babies how to fly. one made it to a tree and the other made it to our roof. i felt this totally unearned sense of pride when those little birds finally got up off the ground. there’s more but i’ll quit now i think you all get the point of just how much we love to check out our local wildlife. my daughter has been awed by each one of our nifty experiences and that makes me feel pretty damn proud, too.

cause there were birds and squirrels and stuff at our old place, we didn't even really realize what we were missing living in town. but now we've got some pretty amazing creatures to watch and watch over. we'e loving it.

speaking of no electronics....we were without power for a few days earlier this week and so the kids and i did dishes in the back yard. we lugged up water from the groundwater sump and filled the big cooler, scubbin' and goofin' off. and then we rinsed 'em off with bottled water. my kids had more fun doing that then when we go to the park...and definitely more fun than when they're watchin' tv. my girl asked if we could do the dishes that way all the time. :D

it told her no. :p:D