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Remains of slider or cooter eggs outside a nesting hole. Probably predated by a raccoon.
Heron Ponds, Vienna, IL
Spotted on Oct 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 8, 2012
2 Comments
It is indeed Travis, but as turtles hatch in the nest these remains suggest that a raccoon or similar predator reached in for them!
That is a turtle nest.