The dogs alerted us to something in the woods near the house. Here it was, climbing a branch:
Big slider turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 10 June 2012
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
It's a slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. Here it is in corn silk (we'd just been shucking corn):
Big slider turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 10 June 2012
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
About 8 x 11 inches:
Big slider turtle, Okra Paradise Farms, 10 June 2012
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
It wasn't thirsty or hungry. I went inside and looked back out a bit later. It was by the edge of the porch. I figured it was stuck under the rail. Nope: jump, plop! Wasn't hurt. I put it back where we found it. A bit later still, and it was gone, somewhere into the woods.
-jsq
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