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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) - Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
The small lake that these were seen in has one of the largest populations of turtles I have ever seen, walking the perimeter of the lake I must have seen over a 100 painted turtles. I stopped on shore to observe a few turtles and saw some interesting behavior, a 3rd turtle swam up and began stretching its neck out of the water towards the face of one of the basking turtles, it did this for several minutes took a break and then resumed its activity. At several points the basking turtle retracted its head back inside its shell but this did not dissuade the 3rd (persistent) turtle, my view was obstructed by the basking turtles shell but the turtles were so close that their snouts must have been touching or very close to it. I don't know what this behavior was, perhaps the 3rd turtle wanted the other to relinquish its basking spot or maybe some sort of mating behavior. In any case it was interesting to see. You can see the turtle in the water stretching to reach the basking turtle from the water in this shot.
Juvenile Hawksbill turtle, approx 8 years old. ~15inches / 40cm long.
Hawksbill Turtles are Critically endangered, having lost 90% of the population lost in the last decade.
Adults take 25 years to reach sexual maturity, lay ~150 eggs which have a 1 in 10,000 chance of then reaching adulthood!
Barbados has had an official turtle study going on for over 10 years now and we've dived with them in 1998/2000 and now this year.
If you're lucky and female, and they find a untagged turtle it could be named after you...
132 is Sandy
895 is Jessica
Visit www.barbadosseaturtles.org/mttc.html for more information
Bajans are certainly starting to come to terms and understand the importance of turtles... and that they can make money by taking tourists to visit turtles, which is far better than the other option of selling their meat and shells! :-(
More nest are now being reported by locals so the nests can be monitored and turtle population better tracked.
This beautiful Green Sea Turtle was shot in Kona, Hawaii. I had to chase her down for a long time to get this image.
This photo has been selected for the cover of National Geographic Kids May 2010 issue.
Green turtles are found throughout the world, occurring primarily in tropical, and to a lesser extent, subtropical waters. The Hawaiian green turtle is genetically distinct from the other green sea turtle populations, nesting primarily in the French Frigate Shoals of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and feeding in the coastal areas of the main Hawaiian Islands. This species was in a steep decline as of the 1970s because of direct harvest of both turtles and eggs by humans. The population has grown steadily over the last thirty years after protection began in 1978. Greens are the most common species of sea turtle found in Hawaiian waters.
Almost stepped on this little fellow/gal as it was crossing my driveway.
It's about two inches from stem to stern.
Crossing the Heron Hideout trail. Getting down at his level paid off in the final shot.
More pictures on today's entry on my website
Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles known for their powerful bite and distinctive appearance.
While spraying for unwanted vegitation, I came across Ms. turtle who looked like she was preparing to bury her eggs yet again. This has happened every year for the last 34 yrs that I have lived here. She and the resident male tirtle were the least discrete last year that they were for the last 33 yrs and I have pictures. I assume this is the product of that union and that by Sept, the eggs will hatch. Rather than surface, the babies dig deeper into the ground to emerge the following spring and I have seen a number of babies over the years. Fascinating process. The books say that they come back within one hundred feet of where they were born to lay egggs, if that is the case, I assume that I should have consulted with them before building as the house seems to sit within that one hundred feet as I have seen then bury eggs all around the house.
Spotted this Turtle coming towards me on a road just infront of my house. Third Turtle I have seen in my life.
The carapace, or upper shell, of the Wood Turtle is brown, grayish-brown, or tan, with radiating straw-coloured lines on the individual plates, or scutes. The grooved, concentric growth rings on each scute form a flattened pyramid giving the shell a sculptured appearance. The plastron, or under shell, is yellow with a single black blotch in the corner of each scute. The head is shiny black, as are the upper parts of the legs and tail. The throat, the lower section of the neck, and the underside of the tail are a bright orange or brick red. The combination of sculptured carapace, yellow and black plastron, and orange throat and forelegs readily distinguish the Wood Turtle from the Painted Turtle and Snapping Turtle, the only other freshwater turtle species native to New Brunswick.
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Another photo of Turtle dressed up for Halloween as Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Turtle is a big fan of the show. :D