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Found this guy in the park. He wouldn't come out of his shell. Shy, I guess.
EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
At the flea market I found this ceramic turtle. It is smaller than the palm of my hand and made out of earthenware and lightly decorated with ochre and pigments. What is really cool about this little turtle is that the head, neck, and legs are separate pieces of clay from the shell. So the turtle is fully articulated in the same way that a real turtle is. The head can retract and the legs move inside the shell.
Turtles blend in with the logs on which they sun themselves at a peaceful spot on the Little Miami River.
Some friends are visiting and they wanted to see turtles, so we went and found some turtles @ 4 mile. This one was particularly mellow and we got to hang out for a while.
Sealife Centre Turtle - seems curious as to what I am doing and smiling for the camera!
Scarborough Sealife Centre
July 2012
I am a bit close on this photo because my main goal and that of another driver was to hustle this huge snapper off the 100 kph highway with oncoming cars in the distance. A picture of the full turtle hunkering down will be posted later.
Once the turtle finally reached the roadside grass and then the reeds, it moved quite quickly, and it was tank or bulldozer-like as it plowed through the dry reeds to get to the water. Figuratively and literally, it has a large "footprint."
It was very fun to see and interact with this colossus.
The last time I saw one of these big prehistoric-looking relics was as a young boy with my father along a river bank, a lasting memory and a big day for this kid.
As we were driving into Algonquin Provincial Park, we came to what looked like a piece of exploded tyre on the road. It was a big piece of tyre so we slowed right down, and saw that it was actually a big turtle.
It was basking on the warm tarmac right in the middle of the road. We stopped the car to take a closer look. A couple of other cars stopped too and there were suddenly quite a few people standing right up close to it taking photos.
Clearly feeling uncomfortable about this, the turtle started to walk back to the undergrowth by the roadside, and in its haste to get away, walked right over the side of the steep roadside bank. It rolled down the slope and came to rest on its back for a moment, before righting itself and continuing on its way.
The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada south-west to the Rocky Mountains (and beyond, where introduced), throughout Mexico, and as far south as Ecuador. This species and the larger Alligator Snapping Turtle are both widely referred to as snapping turtles or snappers (though the Common Snapping Turtle, as its name implies, is much more widespread overall). The Snapping Turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the western United States.
Common snappers are noted for their belligerent disposition when out of the water, their powerful beak-like jaws and their highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific name "serpentina," meaning "snake-like"). In some areas they are hunted very heavily for their meat, a popular ingredient in turtle soup. These turtles have lived for up to 47 years in captivity, while the lifespan of wild individuals is estimated to be around 30 years.
This was at a different turtle sanctuary near unawatuna. We'd ACTUALLY gone out that afternoon to see some stilt fishermen, except when we got there there were these two guys who said they'd get up on the stilts and pretend to fish so we could take a photo, if we paid them. I thought this was frankly ridiculous, and the water was... revolting - apparently there'd been an oil spill but it looked like sewerage - nothing that any living fish would be found in - so yeah, i didn't take a photo. Then we saw this place so decided to stop and have a look.
Anyone know why type of turtle this is?
This turtle didn't pick a very good spot to lay her eggs. Right at the edge of a parking area. Taken on the Greene County May Day Count at Goose Pond on 5/08/10.
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.
Caught sight of this Eastern Box Turtle grazing in a grass patch above our driveway Sunday. First one I had seen around here. When I finally brought the mower around to where he had been, he was gone. Hope he looked twice before crossing our street.
When you look at him enlarged on black background, appears he might have forgotten to wash his face before he left the house that morning.
This turtle thought that it was a good idea to cross Prospect Road to get from one part of the marsh to the other. Lucky for me I had my macro lens handy. Lucky for the turtle he/she was carried to the other side by a participant in the South Peel Naturalists' Club Carden trip.