First wild eastern of 2019.

[NickA]

went for a walk this morning to my favorite box turtle finding spot. It’s a wet boggy area in the middle of a large hardwood forest. It’s sunny and getting upto 80 today so I figured I’d give it a try. I ended up finding 1( an old mature male)in a area that I find a few every year. Took a pik and sent him on his way I’m assuming he was out looking for ladies.

 

[Moozillion]

That turtle in your avatar is GORGEOUS!
It's yours, I presume? male or female? what type? name?

 

[NickA]

That turtle in your avatar is GORGEOUS!
It's yours, I presume? male or female? what type? name?

Yes she is mine a female( my guess) eastern box turtle. Still a juvenile. All I kno about her was she was found on a rd then given to someone else who didn’t want her anymore so I took her in. So my son named her roady

 

[Christyk]

went for a walk this morning to my favorite box turtle finding spot. It’s a wet boggy area in the middle of a large hardwood forest. It’s sunny and getting upto 80 today so I figured I’d give it a try. I ended up finding 1( an old mature male)in a area that I find a few every year. Took a pik and sent him on his way I’m assuming he was out looking for ladies.

Beautiful boxie!

 

[Loohan]

Nice.
Keeping my eyes peeled for the first ones in the Ozarks.

 

[NickA]

Nice.
Keeping my eyes peeled for the first ones in the Ozarks.

Since watching the Ozarks series on Netflix iv been wanting to visit the area

 

[Yvonne G]

Very nice. We have no indigenous turtles or tortoises here in my area. I'd love to be able to see them in the wild.

 

[xBapes]

Love the shell pattern very similar to my male Eastern. I live in Maryland and even though our state university has the mascot of a terrapin, I’ve never found a wild one walking around during the spring or summer ‍♂️ This species is my favorite due tot he coloring next to the Florida Box Turtle. Here is a couple snapshots of my dude Iggy

 

[NickA]

Afternoon thunderstorms came through today so i decided to take the kids for a walk at one of our local walking trails looking for what ever we could find and ended up finding 2 eastern box turtles on the trail. My son got his first unassisted find with a big male. And about 5 minutes later about 30 yrds away found a female on the trail. We went to check and the male was still were we left him so we grabbed a quick pick and released them a ways off the trail in the same area.