{"id":114091,"date":"2023-07-02T02:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T08:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=114091"},"modified":"2023-07-01T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T00:22:45","slug":"three-toed-box-turtle-photos-from-sequoyah-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/07\/02\/three-toed-box-turtle-photos-from-sequoyah-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-toed Box Turtle Photos From Sequoyah NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I am showcasing four Three-toed Box Turtle photos that I took while I visited Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in northeastern Oklahoma. As stunning as the views are there, my focus was on the birds and wildlife found at the refuge, including these box turtles.<\/p>\n

\"Three-toedThree-toed Box Turtle glowing in morning light \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the most colorful Three-toed Box Turtle<\/span><\/a> I photographed on my visits to the refuge. His red spots positively glowed in the early morning light. I jumped out of Steve Creek’s pickup<\/span><\/a> to take this image and the two below it, so I could capture a low-angle perspective. My first couple of images were slightly blurry due to my excitement.<\/p>\n

\"Three-toedThree-toed Box Turtle on the move \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Having this Three-toed Box Turtle in my viewfinder was a great treat for me because I don’t see box turtles in Utah.<\/p>\n

Three-toed Box Turtles are named because they have three toes on their back feet. Box turtles are unique in that they can close their shells up completely.\u00a0 They can live as long as 50 years when they are kept as pets. My opinion on this matter is that unless the box turtles are unable to be released due to injuries, it is best to leave them in the wild.<\/p>\n

\"Three-toedThree-toed Box Turtle at Sequoyah NWR \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved seeing the box turtles at the refuge and wish I had seen more of them than I did. Seeing them in the wild brought me so much joy. I hope this particular turtle lives a long and healthy life.<\/p>\n

\"Three-toedThree-toed Box Turtle in a natural spotlight \u2013 Canon R7, f11, 1\/1000, ISO 2000, -0.3 EV, Canon RF 800m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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The male Three-toed Box Turtles display bright yellow, orange, and red spots on their heads, necks, and front legs. The females are duller, which is why I believe that this turtle, photographed a few days after the male mentioned above, was a female. She was crossing the road in dappled light, which gave my image a natural spotlight effect.<\/p>\n

I know I have more photos of this species to share and will do so when I have the time. For now, I wanted to share these Three-toed Box Turtle photos today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see my Three-toed Box Turtle gallery. I will be adding more images of this species as time allows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning I am showcasing four Three-toed Box Turtle photos that I took while I visited Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13973,13974,14071],"tags":[4004,13985,13984,14077,14078,6072,4099,14079,13136,9852,165,14072,14073,7945,7946],"class_list":["post-114091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","category-three-toed-box-turtles","tag-adult","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forests","tag-bottomlands","tag-box-turtle","tag-box-turtles","tag-glowing","tag-morning-light","tag-move","tag-reptiles","tag-spotlight","tag-spring","tag-terrapene-carolina-ssp-triunguis","tag-three-toed-box-turtle","tag-turtle","tag-turtles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/three-toed-box-turtle-male-oklahoma-mia-mcpherson-7238.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-tGb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147999,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/06\/09\/three-toed-box-turtle-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":114091,"position":0},"title":"Three-toed Box Turtle At Sequoyah NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I\u2019m sharing two views of a Three-toed Box Turtle I photographed early last week at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.","rel":"","context":"In "Oklahoma"","block_context":{"text":"Oklahoma","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/oklahoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Frontal view of an adult Three-toed Box Turtle, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9361.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9361.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9361.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9361.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":133569,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/09\/02\/urban-three-toed-box-turtle\/","url_meta":{"origin":114091,"position":1},"title":"Urban Three-toed Box Turtle","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I was enjoying my coffee outside yesterday morning when I spotted this Three-toed Box Turtle walking through the dew-covered grasses. 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