A beautiful softshell turtle in the Cascades. We have only seen them in the pond. A real treat to see one on dry land.

Lake Maria State Park, MN

Garret Mountain Reservation

Woodland Park, New Jersey

Took off my shoes to snag this tiny one out of the water for a few photographs.... I was caught red-handed by Matt Sullivan & family.

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Young snapping turtle.

Turtley day at the beach

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or at least tuckered out from swimming.

Pensacola, Fl

Allan Gardens Conservatory; Allan Gardens, Toronto, Ontario.

The British Cementery, Corfu

Turtle Face

Went on the turtle watching trip where they tempted them in with crabs on a line.

At the Sarett Nature Center in Berrien County, Michigan, May 2005. Reminds me of my days at the University of Maryland.

In my mums garden's pont there are turtles. They don't want to be photographed, but this one stood very still for ones

Doing her "egg thing". Hope she made it across the road ok...

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Turtle on our hiking path, almost blending into the greenery. Wesselman Woods, Evansville, IN

Small box turtle that we rescued from being run over in the middle of a busy road in Cape Cod MA. We saw him literally in the middle of the road about to step out into oncoming traffic. We stopped, picked him up, took him in the car and drove further up into the woods to release him. He returned the favor by posing for a few photos before retreating into his shell.

John Heinz NWR

We crossed paths just as there was a brief break in the clouds. This mature turtle's carapace was a bit over a foot long. Gotta love the lens's 1.5 m minimum focusing distance!

The encounter resulted in a mud-bellied photographer.

f/5.6, 1/80, 300mm, ISO 500

Different day , same turtle , same log. I don't think he moved since my last visit !

Went snorkeling today. Was in the water snorkeling for about an hour and then saw 8 of these guys right by the shore!! Amazing creatures.

Codorus State Park, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 16 August 2008.

North Carolina Aquarium - Roanoke Island, The Outer Banks

Enjoying a SoCal winter's day at SeaWorld Adventure Park in San Diego.

The fourth turtle I have rescued off the road so far this year. Biggest one yet, about 7" long. Culpeper County, Virginia, US.

Some ninja turtle fun.

Turtle from Cape May Zoo

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Chrysemys picta marginata. Allegan County, MI.

Lower Lake, Ca.

April, 2008. Northern Indiana.

This big ol' one-eyed snapping turtle was found along a road in Westminster. It was rescued from certain doom by one of our kindly bio lab assistants and will soon be living in a nearby park. He's enjoying a fresh spinach leaf.

Woah, my turtle! She's HUGE, and eats only meat and fish. Beware, she's dangerous. She should be about ten years old now...I bought her with another turtle: they were called Tarta and Ruga ( Tartaruga=turtle in Italian). Unfortunately, Tarta died ^_^'

Per gli italiani: Ecco la mia enorme tartaruga Ruga, che mangia solo carne, è vecchia ed è pericolosa. Ne avevo due: Tarta e Ruga X'D ma Tarta morta ^_^'

A pretty Eastern Box Turtle photographed on the Carolina coast