Thursday, March 29, 2012

Some of the regulars AND a very different turtle and duck - not the norm

FINALLY!! I'm pretty sure this is a pic of a Red-Bellied Turtle who is on the Endangered Species List. He's walking past another turtle on his left. You can see the other shell behind him and the other turtle's head sticking up in the air.  Verrry cool!

Another pic of the turtle with the bright red belly on the lower half of the pic and it looks like the same turtle as yesterday basking in the sun on the rock in the upper half of the pic :)

Looks like the two turtles in the lower half of the pic are racing to the best sunning spot.

There's a little turtle head sticking out of the water in the center of the picture. He's making his way to the "turtle beach"

Can you see the determination in his eyes?

Turtle Triangle!

Seems like he has a pretty good sized shell under that water. Wow!

I was contemplating taking a pic of them when they both turned around at the same time and were facing my camera!  It was like they were posing, and maybe turtle smiling, for the camera!  How could I resist??

His shell is still wet, just out of the water and on his way to sun himself,

At first I didn't know what kind of duck the one on the right was.  After checking my Bird Guide Book, it looks like he's a male Blue Winged Teal.  Maybe his mate is nesting nearby???? Or just passing through, on his way to bigger & better things :)

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  1. My apologies. The turtle making his way to "turtle beach" is on the far left side of the picture, near the center. I'm sure you figured it out already, though. :)

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