More turtles!

I don't think a day went by over the past two weeks when we didn't see at least one sea turtle. I saw numerous turtles every time I went snorkeling, too.

Near the end, I tried to pan around to me giving a thumbs up. It was a pretty awesome sight, and the camera is fairly zoomed in, as I was kind of far away from it

A Male Box Turtle at Campgaw Mountain. It's so dry I wonder where it's getting its water!

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May, 2010. Southeast Michigan.

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Tennessee Aquarium

Picture taken with a Nikon D5100 and Nikon 35mm 1.8 lens.

Turtle sunning at Ridgefield wildlife refuge.

We set up mini-weirs to catch darters but ended up getting a mad musk turtle instead!

This poor misguided box turtle was trying to lay her eggs in the middle of the land to the house at Catherine's Cove

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) found crossing the road at Heislerville Wildlife Management Area, Cumberland county, New Jersey.

Green Sea Turtle. Chelonia mydas. Maui, Hawaii, USA.

It was a beautiful, sunny fall day - the turtles in Lake Biggins were taking advantage of the weather.

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Turtles were many at Blue Lagoon in Miami

I found 5 distinctly beautiful turtles while mushroom hunting

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San Diego Zoo

Green sea turtle at Shedd Aquarium. www.sheddaquarium.org

Turtle parking is full.

Heosemys spinosa, juvenile

Lucas was near obsessed with the mata-mata turtle at one point. Here he got to see one up close.

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Photographed is a painted turtle at Bombay Hook National Refuge, Virginia. This was shot using a Canon 7D and a Canon 100-400mm L lens.

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Photographed at Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge in New Mexico

I found this Painted Turtle just north of Seattle, Washington in the middle of a busy street during rush hour.

The markings on his belly were truly amazing in shades of orange, green and yellow.

laying eggs

Seen along the Illinois and Michigan Canal path, this painted turtle was hiding from us as we tried to photograph him.

Notice how the stripes on his head go right through his eye.

And his dirty mouth!!

It is a very fiestly and quick reptile. Its neck is long and flexible so the turtle can bite a handler even if picked up by the sides of its shell. It can amputate a finger with its powerful snapping jaws.

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sea turtle, carriage bolt and old paint,

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Green Sea Turtle

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A baby turtle in Zacatecas, Mexico. The turtle was released into the water, and it safely swam away.

somebody captured the poor thing , luckily the kids released the turtle back to its habitat

Walking with my dog this evening,we came upon this painted turtle heading out to look for a nesting area. She tucked herself in as soon as she knew we were there and stayed that way. We were on a little used driveway so I didn't feel the need to move her out of the way. i figured she knew where she was going. I warned the new neighbors to watch for turtles ontheir diveway and on the bridge for thte next few weeks.

I encountered another painted turtle on the highway today. My car passed right over her then i stopped to go back and move her out of the road. In my rearview mirror i saw another car pass over her and she spun around and gumbooted'er to the side of the road as fast as her little turtle legs would take her.Iproceeded on my merry way knowing she was out of harms way.

Snapping turtles will be coming out soon too to nest and then more encounters ;-)