Mon 15 Sep 2008
LWC Podcast - Episode 8: Eastern Box Turtles
Posted by Nicole under Habitat, Loudoun Wildlife, Podcasts
In this episode we talk all about Eastern Box Turtles and answer that question …. why did the turtle cross the road? Box Turtles are great wild neighbors with every encounter being a special one. Their populations are in serious decline however, so it’s up to us to help them.
The photo above is of a male Eastern Box turtle that has been sighted a few times in our yard - the first time being seven years ago.
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September 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
A box turtle traversed our back yard just last week. (Eastern Loudoun county) I picked a few apples and placed them on the other side of our fence to encourage him to the safer grounds of creek and meadows. Dogs and kids do not make good yardmates for traveling turtles.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Another excellent podcast. I am so glad that you are doing these. From my research into box turtle information I have learned that some females also have red eyes. But generally the red eyes are on males but not exclusively. Also I wonder if your #2 turtle was once a race turtle. I wasn’t clear on how large the number was or if there were other numbers. Turtle racing does still occur and it encourages folks to take them from the wild and then after the races they are often just dumped back into the closest woodland. We should really try to ban the practice of turtle racing. Thanks so much for bringing attention to these remarkable creatures.