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June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
First time I've seen a turtle (or tortoise) in a while. After getting camera flashed in the face I don't know if this one will return to my yard anytime soon.
June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
On my travels yesterday i came across a turtle attempting to cross a busy road.
Not wanting to see her run over by a car,i stopped and picked her up and helped her cross the road and continue her journey to the river.
But not before i could take a few pics ; )
Our first dive today was Salt Pier. It was the best dive we had on the trip, which we affectionately called the turtle dive. There were turtles at each turn, and it was fantastic! We probably saw at least 4 turtles all at the same time. They were having breakfast of sea grass. We managed to observe them eating breakfast -- using their front flippers, they'd brush the sand to reveal the sea grass underneath and take a big chomp. After a few minutes, they would ascend to exhale and inhale (sometimes they'd pop their heads up twice for both operations). It was awesome to just watch them, and they didn't seem to mind.
The turtles also didn't mind the other marine life that partook in the sea grass that they unearthed. As you can see, there were spotted trunkfish and blue tangs.
I guess this is probably a "Red-eared Slider", as it looks the same as my last turtle shot, which I looked up at the time.
Basking in the little bit of sun at Mill Lake, Abbotsford, B.C. British Columbia's only remaining pond turtle species. Considered vulnerable.
It's been a very long time since my last upload. Life sure has gotten in the way of photography for almost a year. I suppose getting married and buying a house will do that to a girl ;)
As I am going through and purging photos I no longer want to keep I stumbled upon this picture I took last year while hiking. I titled this photo Frank because, well, he looks like a Frank to me. Quite an inquisitive fella who didn't mind me getting a closer look at him. It's not often you see turtles this large in our area...So as you can imagine I was pretty excited to find this fella (or he found me).
I hope to be back to shooting more regularly in the coming weeks :)
Well, Lenny and Squiggy can no longer be kept in the same tank anymore.
Squiggy is the smaller of the two turtles.
All this time, we thought Squiggy was the boy and Lenny was the girl.
It seems though that Lenny is a boy and Squiggy is either a girl or a small boy.
My Vet can't make up her mind right now. :P
Anyway, Lenny has been a bully towards Squiggy and to make things worse, is trying to mate with Squiggy.
Turtle sex ain't such a bad thing, except for the fact that Lenny bit off Squiggy's finger.
I pass out at Doctor's offices, so i can't deal with missing body parts.
Caught these 4 amigos basking in the warm spring sunshine. I believe these are Red-eared Sliders which are not native to BC but come from pet stock.
Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta Caretta) coming ashore to lay eggs at Vounaki, Kyparissia Bay, Greece, July 2000. This turtle appears to be crying, whilst some might like to attach some emotional story to this, its probably just excreting salt or has something in its eye.
More from our underwater fun in Turtle Bay, Akumal Mexico. Again, I highly recommend spending $150 and getting one of these waterproof cameras if you ever find yourself on a tropical vacation with snorkeling or scuba diving planned. They're so much fun.