Terrapene ornata

May 19, 2014
Terrapene ornata
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Terrapene ornata

May 19 2014 |

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Show Notes

IMG_5315         Petey may be turning his skin into a field guide. A Peteyson  Field Guide?! Oh dear.

Curve billed thrashers, zone tailed hawks and box turtles too,  Oh wilderness were paradise enow.

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