I don’t get to photograph many species of turtles so this probably won’t be a regular thing. But often when I say something like that more happens so we’ll see.
These were also sunning last Saturday as i walked the rail trail. Different log and different individuals but similar behavior.
Maybe I’ll get lucky this year and photograph some wood, box, or others of the ten turtle species we have here, some of which are becoming rare and threatened locally.
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They are acting like you caught them redhanded😁
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‘Too late, we’ve been spotted!’ Makes me wonder what they were up to… 🙂
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Idle legs are the devil’s playground, even for turtles. 🙂
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LOL!
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I guess they do look a bit guilty…but of what? 😀
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Sitting on a “croc rock.”
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I missed that resemblance.
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Great capture!
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Thank you, Lemony!
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The wood looks a bit like a polar bear sprawled out on the water with the turtles having a ride. I’m enjoying Turtle Tuesday for as long as it lasts!! Nice finds!
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Guess I just don’t have he imagination everyone else does. All I saw was a log, oddly shaped, but a log. Bob saw a crocodile, you see a polar bear. 🙂 I’ll try to do a few more, maybe out of the archives if nothing current comes along. Thanks, Lori!
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When it comes to the art of relaxing we humans can learn a lot from the turtles. Great capture, Steve!
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As Linda mentioned in the previous post, they are warming up with those feet stretched out and do look quite relaxed. But, it’s deceiving. If one gets too close, and close is sometimes far, there is a splash as they exit. Relaxed and wary. Thanks, Peter!
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Relaxed and wary, good advice also for us human beings!
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The perch that these turtles are on reminded me of a starfish.
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Crocodile, polar bear, and now a starfish. The menagerie grows.
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With a crocodile, polar bear, and starfish, it’s a ménage à trois. I don’t think the starfish could stand up to the first two.
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And add to that Linda’s big turtle. Those starfish are tough little critters. None of those others can regrow a lost arm.
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When it comes to starfish, you know what they say: forewarned is five-armed.
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The turtles look like they’re basking atop a larger turtle with its limbs extended to catch some extra rays.
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Cool…we’re up to four critters topped by turtle baskers.
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