Was going to town early this morning and a section of road that I travel daily has a stream running along the road for a couple miles. As I slowed to cross a bridge at a turn I thought I saw a turtle right on the edge of the road near a guard rail post. I backed up to see what had caught my eye.
Sure enough, a medium sized snapper was dug in, back end down at an angle, into what looked like larger 2> 3 B gravel on the berm. Didn't think they would choose that kind of heavy stone to deposit eggs into. When I came back through an hour or so later it was gone. That turtle was nesting about 2 foot or less from the hard top road edge.
I could still see where it had dug into the stone and covered it somewhat. It appears it had attempted another nesting site a couple feet away as well. I am headed back to town to ship some orders so I will attempt to get some photos.
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Road side location along stream. Nest is located in the center of the photo at the left base of the guide rail.
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Sun was very bright and heading down in the West so it cast some shadow over the dug nest.
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Just to the right of the main nest on the right of the post is another attempted nest site it appears as the gravel was dug there also.
Some interesting finds this week for me. I doubt not many folks see the things we see as trappers and hunters.