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Unlike my on last visit to the refuge, it was a warm, clear day, so dozens of turtles were basking in the sun in the impoundment.
My first memory of this area is from back when I was a child, and rode through what was just the Tinicum marsh area with my family (well before becoming a refuge, and named after the late senator). My father stopped the car when he saw something in the road ahead. It was a very large turtle, completely coated in oil. I don’t remember much of the details of the story, but we took her home and cleaned her up, releasing her in the stream in Washington’s Crossing State Park, with others of her kind. We named her Olive Oil, and I do remember she looked happy as she swam up to sun herself on a rock in the center.
This is my colleague's turtle that he brought with him to the work place. Most of the time he is just sleeping :)
Kristian traveled all the way from Denmark just for this moment. Well, ok he was on Boston business trip, and had reached out to me from his home outside of Copenhagen a couple of months ago and asked if I could show him some local snakes while he was in the area. I responded, that was unlikely during Nov., but maybe we could find a wood turtle. I was right on that score, but wrong with my snake prediction. We found 14 snakes today, at a water/ribbon/garter den with temps only in the 40's! Afterwards we headed to my house where I offered him American beer, apologized for Trump, and WTF, a bobcat practically walks on our back porch while we were drinking said American beer. I couldn't have scripted this day better. Looking forward to visiting a Denmark adder den!
--Middlesex County, MA
European Pond Turtle - Emys orbicularis - Европейская болотная черепаха
Russia, Astrakhan region, Khmelevka, yerik Shalburkin, 09/23/2011
A painted turtle basking amidst duckweed in the large vernal pool in the Dell.
An absolutely perfect spring day in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, which straddles Cambridge and Watertown. Birds, bees, frogs, turtles and colorful explosions of bloom and blossom everywhere you turned. All in a sprawling, historic cemetery (the first "garden cemetery"), that is also an amazing arboretum and urban wildlife sanctuary.
*here's the obligatory Zombie Turtle Kid.
found this guy in the woods- his shell made it seem like he'd had a hard life (not to mention his red eyes)
Three turtles on a rock is one too many!
As I took my camera out to film the turtles the woman whose voice is heard in the background, and who was feeding the ducks, geese and pigeons prodigious amounts of bread, started yelling "No pictures! No pictures! No filming! I'm a visual artist. I know how this works! You can't film me! The animals are okay. You can film the animals."
These guys live along the Australian east coast on a diet including insects and fish. They like to impress the ladies with a funky head bobbing dance.
Find out about many different animals at www.crazycreatures.org
I Have Never Seen A Turtle Whilst Snorkelling I Wud Love 2 See 1 Because They Are Very Friendly And Wen They Swim It Makes Me Laugh =P
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This little painted turtle was at least a half kilometre away from the nearest visible water. When i found him he was obstinately stuck inside his shell on the side of a logging road, refusing to poke his head out. At least it was all downhill back to the lake. There was also a leech stuck to the top of his shell, which was persistently still alive, even though i cant imagine how long this guy had been out of the water. How long does it take a turtle to cross a half km of cutover and climb a hill?