She crawled up to the wall and turned right for a short distance before digging her nest.
Took a lot of probing though; the actual nest cavity was at the far edge of the circle - almost outside it. Not where we expected to find it.
This turtle isn't very big: her track width measured 30 to 32" wide and she seems to have a barnacle or growth on her plastron which makes the drag mark in the middle of her tracks.
A lot of digging and Jeanne was just able to reach the egg for the DNA sample. It was pretty deep!
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| Nest #2 DNA sample |
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| This one won't hatch until mid-September |
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| Steve, Jeanne and Pat - nice shirts! |
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