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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) - Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
The small lake that these were seen in has one of the largest populations of turtles I have ever seen, walking the perimeter of the lake I must have seen over a 100 painted turtles. I stopped on shore to observe a few turtles and saw some interesting behavior, a 3rd turtle swam up and began stretching its neck out of the water towards the face of one of the basking turtles, it did this for several minutes took a break and then resumed its activity. At several points the basking turtle retracted its head back inside its shell but this did not dissuade the 3rd (persistent) turtle, my view was obstructed by the basking turtles shell but the turtles were so close that their snouts must have been touching or very close to it. I don't know what this behavior was, perhaps the 3rd turtle wanted the other to relinquish its basking spot or maybe some sort of mating behavior. In any case it was interesting to see. You can see the turtle in the water stretching to reach the basking turtle from the water in this shot.
Green turtles are found throughout the world, occurring primarily in tropical, and to a lesser extent, subtropical waters. The Hawaiian green turtle is genetically distinct from the other green sea turtle populations, nesting primarily in the French Frigate Shoals of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and feeding in the coastal areas of the main Hawaiian Islands. This species was in a steep decline as of the 1970s because of direct harvest of both turtles and eggs by humans. The population has grown steadily over the last thirty years after protection began in 1978. Greens are the most common species of sea turtle found in Hawaiian waters.
The $25 Snapping Turtle...Sue's Photo & Description:
Traveling down highway 40B we saw something on the road. As we got closer we saw this snapping turtle. This is a very busy highway at times so we stopped and I got out of the car. another car was heading right for the turtle. To make this long story shorter...I took off my sweater and placed it over the turtle and picked it up. I took him across the road in the directing he was heading. No one told me that turtles stink...I mean really stink. Off to Walmart to get a new sweater...no good deed goes unpunished :) Yes, it was a big one and very heavy...that surprised me.
Almost stepped on this little fellow/gal as it was crossing my driveway.
It's about two inches from stem to stern.
Crossing the Heron Hideout trail. Getting down at his level paid off in the final shot.
More pictures on today's entry on my website
For a turtle the circle of life begins in a hole .... here is mama turtle laying eggs along the Kiwa trail in the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge.
Come just a little closer.... My friend Richard Orr informed me that this Eastern Turtle (Chelydra s. serpentine) is likely a female who wondered from the banks of Cash Lake in Patuxent Wildlife Refuge to lay eggs. After a brief conversation, she returned on her journey towards the lake.
I found this poor turtle walking dejectedly between the rails of the train tracks. After I determined that he was not likely to pivot around and bite my fingers off, I picked him up and put him in a more hospitable location. I just hope it was the right side of the tracks..:)
Passing a pond on one of the trails of Mackinac Island, we saw this turtle sunning himself. Mackinac Island is located on Lake Huron, between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, in the USA.
Title: Turtle
Location: Mabul Sipadan
Camera: C7070WZ
Lens: undefined
Settings: 1/800, f/5.6, ISO200
Housing: Ikelite Olympus C-7070 Housing
Strobes: 1 x Ikelite DS160
Originally appeared at: marek.wylon.com