No pics, but I swear it happened.
Across the street, and just behind the houses to the left is a pond that has red eared sliders, painted turtles (probably Midland), and snapping turtles. I’ve had a RES lay eggs in my yard. I’ve seen Painted turtle laying eggs on a dog walk, and have seen many other RES walking about. I’ve never seen a snapping turtle lay eggs here, but I have seen the occasional baby snapping turtle run over on the street on a dog walk.
This afternoon, I’m sitting in my garage reading Reddit on a tablet after a thunderstorm has passed. I jumped as I caught something moving out of my peripheral vision near my foot.
I looked down and it was a baby snapping turtle 10 feet from the garage entrance.
I took it across the street, where downhill will lead to the pond. I had no idea any snapping turtles had laid eggs near here.