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My son spotted this little turtle and called me over. I managed to catch it for us to all get a look and then we released it back into the creek.

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Juvenile? Small, anyway.

6-8 ft long

Steep embankment along road through upland pine-hardwood forest and woodland (recently clearcut).

Youngster from the nest area they use every year.

Mixed hardwood/pine bottomland.

Plants common in crevices on east-facing sandstone outcrops.

This is the snowbird version of Mitella diphylla, very happy in its southern setting.

Babies fledging on our porch

Backwater channel of Maumelle River on Central Arkansas Water Sod Farm tract. Coordinates approximate.

observation by Joe Neal