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Turtle shell found on the beach in Seychelles amongst the brocken coral on the Sandy Beach with with Orange Sunset in the background
One of the best moments on my visit to the Potomac was this adorable young Wood Turtle. (since there were no Odes) I was trying to get a picture holding it in one hand, the camera in the other while trying to cast my shadow over the little wiggler. On the ride home I couldn't figure out why my palm was badly scraped? Then I realized it was from the turtles little claws. It made me smile :)
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.
Juvenile Hawksbill turtle, approx 8 years old. ~15inches / 40cm long.
Hawksbill Turtles are Critically endangered, having lost 90% of the population lost in the last decade.
Adults take 25 years to reach sexual maturity, lay ~150 eggs which have a 1 in 10,000 chance of then reaching adulthood!
Barbados has had an official turtle study going on for over 10 years now and we've dived with them in 1998/2000 and now this year.
If you're lucky and female, and they find a untagged turtle it could be named after you...
132 is Sandy
895 is Jessica
Visit www.barbadosseaturtles.org/mttc.html for more information
Bajans are certainly starting to come to terms and understand the importance of turtles... and that they can make money by taking tourists to visit turtles, which is far better than the other option of selling their meat and shells! :-(
More nest are now being reported by locals so the nests can be monitored and turtle population better tracked.
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.
This beautiful Green Sea Turtle was shot in Kona, Hawaii. I had to chase her down for a long time to get this image.
This photo has been selected for the cover of National Geographic Kids May 2010 issue.
I've been looking for these NECA TMNT toys for months now. The stars finally aligned yesterday and I got a set.
They are AWESOME. I've basically played with them non-stop for about 24 hours at this point. LOVE. They're SOOOOO poseable. Like better than Revoltechs. Well, almost.
This shot: open sewer outgasing (smoke bomb), 1 second exposure, handheld flash positioned to the right and below. =)
Expect many more Turtle shots.
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