Two days ago we had a visit from this guy, or gal in our garden.
This is a Eastern Box Turtle.
We have no idea how the heck he got in, but he did.
He wasn't alone. just outside the garden were a pair of cohorts. They were both roughly the same size shape and color. The markings on them were all different, but they were obviously all together.
Today, I was mowing the lawn out by the garden and had to mow around one of the turtles. After doing a little research on the web, I'm pretty sure this little lady was laying eggs. I will check it out a little closer later tonight. If in fact she did lay eggs, I will need to build a cage around them to keep predators like raccoons out. As you can see, I'm totally fine with opening my property to wildlife and the preservation thereof.
More on the turtles later.
Now on to the baby fawn I stumbled upon as it was bedding down up against my garden fence (on the outside of the garden)
She's rather cute, don't you think?
Her's a close-up
And now even closer. Oh, the dramatics.
Now, Tracy, Cammy and I are wondering if this fawn still has parents around. We'll be watching closely. If no parents, I guess we'll have to try and help it. We saw a news story just last night about a fawn that was abandoned. Some family took it in and was feeding it baby bottles full of milk. I'm not sure we'll be partaking in any activities that extreme, but I can assure you we will try and get some help for the little guy. My guess is we'll never see it again, but we'll see.
Updates on the turtles and fawn forthcoming.
5 comments:
It is common for mother deer to leave their babies unattended while they search for food. The babies have no odor and lie perfectly still in order to fool possible predators. I suspect your baby deer may be just waiting for Mommy, who will return shortly.
Aunt E.
If there is no mommy. Houston Woods used to have and I think still does have a project for abandoned deer. If not--Dried Milk - Add water and get really big bottles at your local pet store. G.Pa.
Anyway. Wow!! That is really cool. Turtles and deer both in the same day.
I saw a turtle like that in your woods the other day when I was walking Phoenix. They must be common around you. I almost stepped on the darned thing that was in the path and looked like a rock. Hope your fawn's mommy comes back. You don't need more complications in your life. Grandma
Anymore sightings of the fawn??? The turtles??? How about turtle eggs??? You have led us to the edge of the cliff, but we didn't get to see the other side. Dad
No more fawn sightings. And we haven't seen any more turtles, but based on my research online, the turtle eggs are buried underground and will hatch at the end of the summer. I have a cage to keep raccoons and other predatory critters from getting to the eggs.
You can tell where the eggs are because the grass is a bit torn up. She did cover it back over really well though. Now we'll just have to wait until fall to see the babies.
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