1 post tagged “hatchlings”
Two months ago, give or take, my daughter and son noticed a mama Painted turtle laying her eggs in the backyard down by our pond.
Almost every day since then, if one of them was home, they went down to check on the turtle nest to watch for signs of hatching.
Yesterday was the big day!
Aaron went down and noticed the sand was disturbed. He looked closer, then gently moved some of the sand.
Voila'! Five bebeh Painter turtees!!
We brought them up for photos and then released them down at the dried up mud puddle pond. And, just in time, we got a good rain last night and today, so yay for turdees! They now have a pond again!
Do you think they knew that it was safe to hatch because rain was coming?
