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AdventureMan and the Box Turtle

“There’s a box turtle in our backyard!” AdventureMan exclaimed, coming in after making his early morning rounds to make sure all was well in the garden, and to bring us up to date on any new developments. I was eating breakfast with our house guests, getting ready to leave for water aerobics class. (If you come to visit, you get to come to water aerobics 🙂 too!)

The two guys went back out to consider the box turtle, but the box turtle had disappeared. Of course we kidded AdventureMan.

“Are you SURE you saw a turtle? How would it get in to the backyard?”

He was mystified, but certain he had seen a box turtle. They searched all the spots they could think of, but could not find any turtle.

This morning, I was up early feeding the Qatari Cat when I saw a movement in the yard, and there he was, the box turtle.

AdventureMan was still sleeping; so I ran and got my camera and took some photos. I think he was aware of me, but couldn’t figure out where I was (I was inside, he was outside). When he got up, AdventureMan was delighted to have his observation verified, and hurried outside to see if he could spot him. Nope! Turtle back in hiding.

April 8, 2013 - Posted by intlxpatr | Adventure, Environment, Friends & Friendship, Gardens, Living Conditions, Pensacola, Wildlife