A native Western Painted Turtle, resting on a log. Photo taken at Washougal River Greenway Trail.

these painted turtles are native, and you can see them sunning on floating logs, then in the fall they .

bury themselves deep in the mud .

smart strategy, but not so smart in politics, as is seen so abundantly clear around the trumptatorship

the state of mass media has a lot to do with that, hear Michael Parenty talk about "Who pays the piper gets to choose the tune"

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Apparently this duck likes to hang out with the turtles. Can't say that I blame him.

Male Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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Its a pretty good life for the turtles of Sunset Bay at White Rock lake.

Female Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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Seen from above, this painted turtle appears to hover like a spacecraft, flippers outstretched and eyes locked upward with a bemused expression. Photographed in the shallow waters of a wildlife refuge in Homosassa, Florida, its vivid markings and almost comical gaze offer a rare, top-down glimpse into the slow-motion charisma of freshwater life.

A FRB turtle hanging in the pond as a storm moves through Melbourne. Copyright Audrey R. Smith, 2014.

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Turtle on log

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Southern Western Pond Turtle, Orange County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Orange County, CA.

While looking for warblers I noticed this turtle sunning.

Oceano Lagoon, Pismo State Beach, Pismo Beach, CA

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Santa Barbara County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Santa Barbara County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Orange County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Orange County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Los Angeles

County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Santa Barbara County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Los Angeles

County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Orange County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Los Angeles

County, CA.

Stow Lake in GG Park

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Santa Barbara County, CA.

Southern Western Pond Turtle, Santa Barbara County, CA.

Stow Lake in GG Park

This was exciting to see the native painted turtle especially with a young one.