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June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
Saw this turtle by the side of the road. On closer inspection we found she was laying eggs in a hole that was suprisingly deep.
Trachemys scripta elegans (considered a subspecies of the pond slider, T. scripta.) In a pond at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin.
Eastern snapper turtle...this turtle (which I moved off the road) was about 18x24 inches, shell only. I would guess it weighed 40-50 pounds.
June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
Turtle was lost in the backyard all winter (Oct.8 until found March 1). He didn't dig himself in deep enough & lost top layer of his shell.
"A turtle in the road!". Sometimes we pull over for the silliest things- but sometimes the best photos come from moments like these that you never expected. Good thing I keep the ol' PowerShot handy. I used 2 exposures- 1 to expose the turtle and another to expose the sky and the road.
My first encounter with the crystal blue water araound Apo Island, gave me the oppertunity to swim with 5 green turtles. Looads of picture will come from this trip. This was also a debut for my new canon S100 camera and it offers a great white balance controle under water.
It's time for the snapping turtles and painted turtles to lay their eggs. Everyday we see turtles on or near the bridge by our house. Several of the nests have already been dug up by marauding critters at night, possibly raccoons. There have been as many as 5 turtles looking for a nesting site at one time.