Turtles & Tortoises
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On my walk through the woods to find warblers I nearly stepped on this turtle hatchling. Less than 2 inches and covered in mud, it looks like he just crawled out of his nest. I don't know which species, maybe red-eared slider?
Union County, NJ
Painted Turtles
catching some rays
Camera" Nikon D85
Lens: Nikon 500mm f4 w 1.4tx
Taken: 04-08-2019
ISO: 800
1/800 sec f8
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Turtle time - Galapagos Islands
Today will be my 12th consecutive day at work. I am ready for some time off and hopefully a little peaceful nature time this weekend.
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Happy Together". www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCe5L1imxg
Painted turtle
Taken at Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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no turtles were harmed in the creation of this photo album-- they were animal print tiles
ANSH scavenger20 "An animal print pattern"
This green turtle was one of 20 this particular day that crawled on the Hookipa Park beach on Maui, Hawaii to rest. The turtle had just come ashore and was about to drop its head to sleep.
The green turtle is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Major nesting is done in the French Frigate Shoals but some goes on right here in HI and we ran into one ranger going on a 'turtle nest watch.'
I came across this fellow in Fort Washington State Park.
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Painted turtle enjoying a warm Halloween.
Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Race Car Bob was a Kansas box turtle we found in our garage after we forgot to close the garage door one autumn night. We kept him with us for a month and then let him go back to nature. He sure was a funny fellow.
Water turtle seen at Grand Cenote (waterhole) in the Tulum area on the road to Coba ruins. [Quintana Roo, Mexico]
Happily it is spring again and my winter hibernation season is over, along with that of the turtles. But just to prove to my flickr friends I did go out one day in January, here is a photo with ice in it. :-)
Different kinds of turtles hibernate in different ways. Most water turtles go deep into the pond and snuggle down into some mud and leaves at the bottom. Then they let themselves get cold. Their bodies slow down so they don't need to eat anymore. Their hearts slow down too so that they beat only once every few minutes. They stop breathing through their lungs. Because their bodies are running at such a slow speed, they don't need much oxygen, but they do need some. They can get the small amount of oxygen they need from the water. It sinks in through some specialized skin cells that are just inside the tail opening. That's right! They "breathe" through their tails! Water turtles can stay like this for two or three months.
Bird Island | Seychelles
Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
There are seven types of sea turtle in the world’s oceans, six of which are officially classified as a ‘threatened species’ on the current IUCN Red List. The Leatherback and Olive Ridley are regarded as ‘vulnerable’, the Loggerhead and Green as ‘endangered’, and the Kemp’s Ridley and Hawksbill as ‘critically endangered’.
Seychelles is one of only a few major nesting sites around the world for the Hawksbill Turtle and, fortunately due to its remote location, Bird Island has perhaps more than its fair share coming up to lay each year. The laying season normally starts around the end of September / beginning of October, which coincides nicely with our annual visit. This is the time the south-easterly wind lessens and the sea becomes clearer and calmer. Green Turtles also breed on the island, but whilst they only come up at night when it’s dark to lay, the Hawksbill is happy to come up at any time of the day. However, the Hawksbill’s nesting season only lasts a few months to February, whereas the Green Turtle will lay throughout the year,
We’ve been very lucky over the years as we’ve probably now seen around hundred or so Hawksbills either coming in to lay, in the process of digging/laying or on their way back to the sea. For anybody who's interested in reading a bit more about the island’s conservation programme and the laying process then please see the final photo in this set where I’ve added some additional information.
I have so many photos of them that this year I only photographed them going back to the sea after laying - there are four shots here of three different turtles taken on three separate days.
This was the first time I had ever come across a sea turtle out of the water. We went on a sunrise walk the first morning we were there and saw this turtle starting to slowly make its way back down to the water. It looked like incredibly hard work to move on land and right as it was getting closer to the water it took a long pause and then gave this massive yawn before making the last push back into the water.