Another New Visitor To The Farm Orchard

When George was walking around the orchard yesterday he came across another visitor to the farm.  He took a picture and Lisa and I think it is a Tennessee snapping turtle.  Without being able to see its pointed snout we are not 100% sure but it meets all the other criteria.  Tennessee snapping turtles live around lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, ponds and vernal pools.  They range between 8 inches to 18 1/2 inches in length.  Their mating habits are done in the water but then the females will travel over land to dig a nest to lay their eggs. To get to the right place to lay her eggs the female will even use roadways and several do get run over by cars.  The turtle that was in the orchard was about 12 inches long and we can only wonder where it came from although there are a couple of ponds near by.  Welcome turtle just don't touch the crops!