Category Archives: Turtles

Other Photos from Five Rivers

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Common Yellowthroat yelling “Witchety, witchety” at me.

Northern Cardinal

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) in breeding plumage

Spotted Sandpiper in flight, showing wing and tail markings

No, I still can’t resist getting shots of Tree Swallows!

Eastern Painted Turtle in the water

Eastern Chipmunk

Well-camouflaged grasshopper on wood mulch

A geometrid moth larva, looping.

Spring Azure butterfly on the invasive plant, Garlic Mustard

Spring Azure butterfly from above while feeding

Wild Geranium

I believe this is Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis)

See also: ‘Here Be Dragons and Damsels‘ (same location & same day)

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On the same walk as my blogs for ‘Honey Bees, Bumble Bees and Wannabees‘, and ‘A Mixed Bag of Birds at Fiver Rivers‘, I photographed the pond life that’s started to flourish once more since the winter ice melted away.

Snapping Turtle on the move… slowly!

A Snapping Turtle that appears to need a bigger log to haul-out onto.

Eastern Painted Turtles

Juvenile Eastern Painted Turtle plus fish and a Water Strider (lower right)

A bullfrog tadpole resting in shallow water (after over-wintering under the ice)

The dorsolateral folds (i.e. raised lines down either side of its back) show this to be a one-year-old Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota)