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THE TURTLE PROJECT

Help us monitor the neighborhood box turtles. If you find a turtle, please submit your observation here.

Turtles are protected by law in Tennessee and should not be taken from the wild. If you find a turtle, take pictures, but please leave it be.

Below are individual turtles living in our neighborhood. Click on a picture to enlarge the image. Suggested Names? If you see any errors (in sex of animals, or mis-identifications) let us know. Thanks!
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Background

Radio Tracking

Report Sighting

Estimating Population Size

Lawn Mowers

Research Permit

Turtle #78



Observer: Adam Charney, May 2013

Turtle #77; Observer: Adam, May 2013; Old shell

Turtle #76



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2013



Turtle #75



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2013

Turtle #74



Observer: Sharon Charney, May 2013

Turtle #73; Observer: Noah Charney, May 2013; Found dead

Turtle #72



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2013

Turtle #71



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2012

Turtle #70



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2012 Seen fighting with #71

Salmon-eye (#69)



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2012

Turtle #68



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2012

"No Analog," (#67)



Observer: Noah Charney & Sydne Record, October 2011

Turtle #66



Observer: Thomas Herbert, August 2011

Turtle #65



Observer: Dan Lindstrom, June 2011

Turtle #64



Observer: Sharon Charney, June 2011

Turtle #79



Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011

Turtle #63

Female mating with #62

Observer: Noah Charney & Sydne Record, April 2011

Turtle #62

Male mating with #63

Observer: Noah Charney & Sydne Record, April 2011

Black Beauty (#61), Female

Observer: Sydne Record & Noah Charney, April 2011; August 2012

Turtle #60, Female

Observer: Sydne Record & Noah Charney, April 2011

Tiny (#59)

Male, 30+ years old

Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011

Clark (#58)

Male, 25+ years old

Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011, May 2013

Turtle #57, Juvenile, 7? years old

Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011

Turtle #56, Female?

Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011

Turtle #55, Female

Observer: Noah Charney, May 2011

Turtle 54
Male

Observer: Debby and Mike Page, May 2011

Pascal (#53)
Male, 30? years old.

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2011

Brenda (Turtle #52)
Female, 30+ years old. (Found covered in Owl Poop!)

Observer: Noah Charney, July 2010

José (Turtle #51)
Male, ~25 years old

Observer: Noah Charney, July 2010

Alfonzo (#50; named by named by Joseph Nestler)
Male

Observer: Heidi Frieder and Rob Stennett, May 2010

Unknown Turtle Killed by car
Observer: Sydne Record, Daisy, Noah Charney, September, 2009
Dusty Puddles (#48)
Male?

Observer: Sharon Charney, September, 2009

J-Lyn aka J-Hollow Rex (#47)
Female, probably over 30 yrs old

Observer: Caitlin and Mike Page, August, 2009

#46

Observer: Alys Venable, July 2009

#45, Female

Observer: Jane Bibring; July 3, 2009

Thor, #44, Female

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2009;

Turtle #43, "Ms. Shy Bubbles," Female

Observer: Aaron Novick, June 2008;
Named by: Isaac Clark, Graden Smith

Speckles #42, Male

Observer: Aaron Novick, June 2008;

Tangerine, #41, Female

Observer: Aaron Novick, May 2008;

Turtle #40, Male

Observer: Aaron Novick, May 2008;

Turtle #39

Observer: Aaron Novick, May 2008;

Lumpy, (#38)

Observer: Aaron Novick, May 2008; 2nd Observer: Noah Charney, May 2012

Isis of the Pyramid, #37, Female

Observer: Aaron Novick, April 2008;

Turtle #36, "Tortue Têtue," Male

Observer: Aaron Novick, April 2008;
Named by: Isabelle Crist-George

Turtle #34, Male

Observer: Aaron Novick, September 2007;

Turtle #33, Female

Observer: Laura Novick, September 2007; Aaron Novick, September 2007

Turtle #32, Male.

Observer: Laura Novick, August 2007;

Turtle #31, " Nemo Thom Turty," Female.

Observer: Jim Johnson, August 2008; Named by:Susan McCarley, Thomas Wesnofske, Mathew Agee

Turtle #30

Observer: Marianne Bentley, July, 2008

Turtle #29

Observer: Ron Denes, July, 2008

Bluegrass (#28)

Observer: Suzanna, Hart, and Sara Wilkinson, July 2008

Mertle the Turtle (#27)

Observer: Suzanna, Hart, and Sara Wilkinson, July 2008

Hickory Rollins (#26), named by Jake Rosenthal

Observer: Alys Venable, May 2008

Turtle #25, Female, Mating with #24. (I found the two mating, and they finished up a few hours later so I could get these pictures without being too intrusive.)

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2008

Turtle #24, Male, Mating with #25

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2008

Turtle #23, Female, 20-30 yrs old

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2008

Turtle #22, "Icarus"; Female

Observer: Aaron Novick, August 2007, May 2008, August 2008, May 2011, May 2012
Observer2: Noah Charney/ Sydne Record , April 2008

Turtle #21, "Lightning"; Female

Observer: Noah Charney/ Sydne Record , April 2008

Turtle #20, "Icos"; Juvenile ~6 yrs old,

Observer: Jane Bibring, October 2007

Todd the Turtle (#19)

Observer: Alys Venable, August 2007, April 2010
Named by: Jake Rosenthal

Turtle #18; Juvenile

Observer: Wendy Fish, August 2007

Turtle #17, "Red Blue," Juvenile ~5 years old

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007
2nd Observer: Aaron Novick, August 2007
Named by: Isabella DeMay

Turtle #16; Female, ~13 years old

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007

Turtle #15 "Blondie"; Juvenile (male?) ~8 years old

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007

Turtle #14, "Ms. Skeleton Mouth," Juvenile (female?) ~4 years old

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007
Named By: Chapman Smith, Joseph Nestler

Turtle #13, "Sugar," Male.

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007
Named by: Adelaide Regan

Turtle #12, "Choop," Male.

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007
Named by: Jack de Riesthal

Turtle #11; Male

Observer: Noah Charney, August 2007

Apple (#10; named by Isabella DeMay)

Observer: Adelaide Regan & Anne Williams, August 2007

Henry (#9; named by Jeff Krebs) Juvenile, about 8 years old when found.

Observer: Noah Charney, July 2007

Turtle #8 Male, "Octavius"

Observer: Jane Bibring, July 2007

Trillium (#7). Female.

Observer: Noah Charney, July 2007, April 2014
Observer2: Aaron Novick, August 2008

Turtle #6, "Max the Tiny Tortoise," Female.

Observer: Jane Bibring, June 2002, 2005
Named by: Thomas Myer, Luca Simon, McKenzie Steele

Turtle #5. Male.

Observer: Noah Charney, April 2006

Turtle #4. Male. Found mating with Turtle #2.

Observer: Adam Charney, 4/1/07

Turtle #3. Female.

Observer: Sydne Record , 4/1/07

Turtle #2. Female, "Maarrrrghret". Missing left eye. Mating with Turtle #4 on 4/1/07.

Observer: Noah Charney, 3/31/07

Turtle #1. Male, "Maggie." Two large MAGGOTS removed from infection in neck, hopefully he will heal up fine. Appears Old. Carapace edges chewed up, a bit of shell rot.

Observer: Noah Charney, 3/31/07