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Turtles hanging out in a suburbia

May 19, 2020 by Tony Leave a Comment

Turtles hanging out in a suburbia
A pair of turtles hangs out on a log. (© Tony’s Takes)

I promised an image for #TurtleTuesday so here you go.

These fine looking turtles were hanging out in a park near by home, two of nine total in the area. The one on the left looked to be kind of grumpy about getting its picture taken while the one of the right kind of snubbed me and refused to pose. 😉

I know virtually nothing about turtles but I think the one on the left is a red-eared slider and the one on the right a painted turtle.

All in the family

May 17, 2020 by Tony Leave a Comment

All in the family
A red eared slider hangs out with painted turtles. (© Tony’s Takes)

This crew of turtles was hanging out in a suburban pond near me this past week. My wife had mentioned seeing them in recent weeks but I had little luck when I stopped by. Finally on this day I had a good of luck with seven on this log, two on a nearby one. 

I think the biggest of these is a red eared slider while the rest are painted turtles. 

I ended up taking tons of pics of them which is easy to do since they don’t move too fast. Haha. Someone recently asked me if I had any turtle pics, well now I do. 😉

Painted turtles are the most common turtle in North America and found in many fresh water ponds and waterways. I have seen them before but this was the first time I was able to get decent pics of any.

Turtle basks in the afternoon sun

April 5, 2015 by Tony Leave a Comment

I had some time to kill before an appointment Friday so I went for a quick walk through a suburban park.  Much to my surprise I found a few turtles hanging out in the pond there.  I have no idea what kind this is, but this was one of three I saw.  Taken at Metzger Farms in Broomfield, Colorado.

A turtle basks in the afternoon sun at a pond in Broomfield, Colorado.   (© Tony’s Takes)
A turtle basks in the afternoon sun at a pond in Broomfield, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

 

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