This little guy’s shell was barely the size of a quarter across (I measured; it’s only one inch from one side to the other where his back toes are) and so freshly hatched, he was still dirt-smudged from digging out.  SO CUTE!!  But, as you can (hopefully) see from look in his eye, he really was a man on a mission; so he got a lift to the pond right after his photo shoot, Photo Credit and note given to Deb Weyrich-Cody

“farmgal” Wow, have you ever seen such a cute baby turtle, I have seen these turtles in a number of ponds in the local forest by me and a few of them had signs that went up that they were active breeding/hatching grounds but I have never really seen anything but the adults or half grown ones.. Maybe I will try to find out more over this year and see if I can plan a stake out hatching event.. I have a really amazing trail camera thanks to my dad and it could be placed carefully so I don’t lose it, if I can find a nest and maybe just maybe I could have a series of live hatching photos of the little ones coming up..

thanks so much for sending the photo and info and for saying yes when I asked if I could share it publicly!