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Date: May 3, 2019
Location: Lake Kittamaqundi - Columbia, Maryland (Howard County)
Description: "The Balancing Act"
誕生日おめでとう！ライケンさん。満2歳。
2015年8月15日現在 甲長160mm 体重 688g
（2015年8月15日撮影）
Happy birthday! LICHEN.
He became two years old.
Shell length 160mm weight 688g
(Taken on August 15, 2015)
A loggerhead turtle just off the beach which is part of the Akumal Beach Resort in Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Took this picture while snorkelling near the beach.
I have to say that this was the largest Softshell Turtle that I have ever seen. It had a shell length of 14 inches or more. I compared it to my hat that I layed on the ground next to the turtle. I then measured my hat when I got home. It is rare enough to see Softshell Turtles out of the water but seeing one so large was even better. I don't know why it was in the open but I'm guessing that the turtle was a female looking for a place to burry eggs. This location was in Lawrenceburg Indiana within the Oxbow Preserve.
This common snapping turtle that was found nesting in Pope County, Minnesota.
Photo by Mead Klavetter/USFWS.
The Upper Midwest Riverine Turtle Habitat Improvement project was initially funded in 2014 by the Service's State Wildlife Grant Program to improve nesting success, reduce adult turtle mortality, improve turtle habitat in river and stream corridors and assess the effectiveness of conservation actions conducted in all four states. With successful results, including significantly decreased mortality at protected nest sites and new nesting documented at 50 percent of restored sites, three states applied for a Phase 2 project , which was awarded in 2016.
The Phase 2 project is a collaborative effort between Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. It focuses on continuing management of existing nest areas, identifying and protecting new nest areas and monitoring and sharing results of active management activities.
Photo by Jessica Piispanen/USFWS.
Sea turtle on its way up the beach to lay eggs. Taken on a recent trip to the tip of Australia, frenchmans track the old telegraph track to the tip.
I found one of the box turtles that I captured this summer in my rose bed. So I got down on "her" level (yes, I can tell the sex of a box turtle) and snapped this pic. She didn't even flinch when I got close. All the Box turtles that I've encountered have been "gentle souls"........... ;)
My local pond, I was told there were several ducklings recently hatched, so set off with my camera and yes did capture some small fluffy cuties, but what caught my eye was this (turtle?) basking on a log in the sunshine!
Didn't expect that!
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-->> Card back is identical on all the small, near 1" pins with exception of character's name on bottom of the card front. ~ t
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These three turtles are now ready to greet you at the @vaaquarium! @vaBeachArts reviewed 20 applications and commissioned Sarah Gallahan Art for the mural painting on the façade of North Building. Sarah’s illustration of three sea turtles represent the guest experience at the Aquarium, the work of the Stranding Response Program, and the Aquarium’s mission to protect endangered species and the marine environment.
Photo by Craig McClure
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This is a male (males have red eyes - females have brown)
Spotted walking across my driveway. Box turtles can live a long time 20 years or more, Unfortunately, the major causes of death for box turtles are due to human activity - cars, farm equipment, lawn mowers and so on. Also improper care when taken from the wild as "pets", destruction of habitat from development, and releasing turtles too far from where they were found. Turtles can have very small "home ranges" - around 250 square yards or less and can die trying to find their way home.
Sea turtle basking in the sun at the North Shore.
For details, see: Large Turtle Bake: Sun Block Anyone?
F2.8 - 1/500 - ISO 800
From our visit to Taronga Zoo's Reptile World
The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) lives in slow-moving fresh waters. The turtle's top shell is smooth and oval without a keel (ridge) on the top. Its skin is olive to black with red, orange, or yellow stripes on its extremities. The subspecies can be distinguished by their shells: the eastern has straight-aligned top shell segments; the midland has a large gray mark on the bottom shell; the southern has a red line on the top shell; the western has a red pattern on the bottom shell. (Wiki)