Saturday, May 26, 2012

The Actual Laying of Eggs - Motion Stills

I came home from work yesterday and found this turtle in the backyard.






Something intuitively made me stand behind her and focus--and to my utter amazement, she began to drop her eggs into the nest she just prepared!  I watched her lay 6 eggs, carefully gently patting each one once they settled into the hole.  Here is the process of a few eggs dropping that I managed to catch through my lens:


















































How rewarding it was for me to be in the right place, at the right time!

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