Turtle Eggs

Late Friday afternoon at Bunces Bridge, I spotted a turtle laying her eggs by the river's edge. I was heartbroken when I returned to the site on Sunday and saw that the eggs had been dug up and destroyed. I don't know who the hungry culprit could have been, but my guess is a fox or a raccoon. Every year I see this happen to turtle eggs in the Connetquot River State Park, but in spite of the seemly large egg casualties, I still see plenty of turtles sunning themselves on logs in the ponds.