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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 :)
(Eretmochelys imbricata) Having a snack at Mainit, Anilao. - The hawksbill is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. It is also listed as endangered throughout its range by the Endangered Species Act of 1973. An exhaustive review of the worldwide conservation status concluded that the hawksbill is suspected or known to be declining in 38 of 65 geopolitical units where information is available. (www.turtles.org)
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.
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.
Glyptemys insculpta
August, 2012. Michigan.
An adult seen basking along a beautiful river in northern Michigan. This species is semi-aquatic and spends much of its time in terrestrial habitats including forests, meadows, and pastures. Stream degradatation, nest predation, and habitat loss has reduced its numbers in Michigan but is still found in large numbers in good habitat. The Wood Turtle is listed as a Species of Special Concern in Michigan.
While we were driving back to Athens from Meteora, we saw a turtle attempting to cross a mountain road. I carried him to the other side so he'd be safe but he was too shy after being carried to come out for the picture.
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.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Connecticut (photo by Steve Johnson)
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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.
One Snapping Turtle was recorded walking over four miles from her pond to lay her eggs. This was a Patapsco River Turtle....so I haven't any idea how far she was traveling.
I used to have pet turtles that I had to sadly give up for adoption because they got too big for an apartment living.
great meadows nwr. concord, ma. status-- listed as "threatened species" in massachusetts (as well as illinois, iowa, minnesota, new york, and wisconsin. listed as "endangered" in maine, nebraska, south dakota, missouri, and nova scotia).
TTAXONOMY
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
Genus/species: Macrochelys temminckii
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Largest freshwater turtle in the worldweighing 70-80 kg (155-175 lb) with a shell length up to 79 cm (32 in). Their big head can be over 9 in wide with three ridge keels on the broad carapace rising to knobby keels. They usually have algae covering their backs since they spend most of their time under water coming to the surface sometimes as little as 50 min between breaths.
There is an unverified legend that a 183 kg (403 lb) alligator snapping turtle found in the Neosho River in Kansas in 1937. The largest individual on record is a 107 kg (236 lb) turtle in the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago.
The largest individual turtle in the exhibit is over 57 kgs (125) pounds. The smallest is 22 kg (49 pounds) 6-18-15, The rest are likely ~45 kg (100 pounds). California Academy of Sciences.
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Southeastern United States in primarily quiet, muddy freshwater rivers, streams, lakes and ponds that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. Females leave water only to deposit eggs and male occasionally will bask in the sun.
DIET IN THE WILD: Lie-in-wait predator. Rests on substrate with its mouth open and lures fish to its mouth with a movable, pink wormlike tongue appendage. Also takes crayfish, crabs, snails, freshwater mussels, salamanders, snakes, very small alligators, small mammals, water birds, briar roots, wild grapes, acorns, and are scavenges as well.
ACADEMY DIET: They are fed cut trout 2-3 times per week.
REPRODUCTION: Males climb onto the female’s carapace from behind. As in all reptiles, fertilization is internal. Female’s terrestrial nest is approximately within 50m (160 ft). of water. A single clutch of 8-52 eggs (35 average) is laid per year with a 3.5 to 4.5 month incubation period. Warm and low incubation temperatures result in all female neonates. Intermediate incubation temperatures produce mostly males. They mature in 11-13 years and can live to 70 years of age in captivity.
Location: Swamp Main Exhibit
REMARKS: There are currently five female alligator snapping turtles in the Academy’s Swamp. The turtles were brought to the Academy on May 8, 1972 as a confiscation from the San Francisco Airport. They had arrived on a Delta Airlines flight from Georgia and were headed to Ginny’s Charbroiler restaurant on San Bruno Avenue in San Francisco. Tom Tucker, an Aquarium biologist
was the Academy representative. The California Fish & Game Commission adopted regulations restricting snapping turtle importation into California on April 7, 1972, just a month before, thus the turtles were confiscated and sent to the Academy.
1-2-13, 6-18-15
During an afternoon of shooting on the banks of the Piscataquog river in New Boston, NH I came across this little critter. It was just standing (lying?) there, in the shade of a tree on the river bank.
Faithful to the stereotype it wasn't moving very fast and this left me plenty of time to take all the shots I wanted :)
Back at my computer I set out to identify its species and it turns out this is a Wood Turtle -- an endangered species. Cool!
Learn more at: New Hampshire Fish And Game Department
The green turtle is making a comeback in the Hawaiian Islands but is still on the endangered list. The females make their way to the French Shoal Islands to have their young which is an 800 mile journey. There they go ashore and dig a hole in the sand where they lay their eggs. After laying their eggs and covering them with sand they return to the Hawaiin Islands and repeat this process two or three years later.