Painted Turtle Laying Eggs In My Yard

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There was a surprise in my yard today, and I nearly missed it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw this Painted Turtle. That alone was pretty cool, since I've never had one in my yard before. Then I saw all the mud behind its rear legs and knew immediately that it was in the process of laying eggs. I took a few short videos, a few photos, and left it alone until it finished. Then I made sure to mark the area.

UPDATE: The eggs hatched and I found two live babies still in the nest. I released them in a nearby pond.
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I found a female with a nest dug but when I look in the nest there was no eggs just jolks so I took her In

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