Look at these guys all lined up in the pond at Brenman Park at Cameron Station in Alexandria. The weather was warm on this day and we saw turtles swimming as well as sunning. Unlike the little fella that I photographed last November, these guys were prompted by the warm weather to shed their “turtlenecks” and do that bunny hop dance thing. I think that these guys might be snapping turtles, possibly different from the one I ”snapped” in November.
(Thanks to Bird for pointing out the cool-weather threads in her comment on November’s post!)
p.s. While testing Bird’s link I discovered that today is her birthday! If you have a moment, please go give that girl a shout—she and her blog are awesome!
WOW!!!! They sure do look like enjoying a train ride of their lives.
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Wow, is this some kind of springtime mating friskieness I see? I know very little about turtles – we don’t have them in the uk (or not officially anyhow, there are a few escapees)
….and Holly, you are soooo fun and so kind, THANK YOU for the birthday wishes, you sent over Svasti who I’m just getting to know, I hope that wherever you are right now you are having fun!
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….ok, and upon finding out it was your birthday recently and I went and missed it like the louse I am, I have got to make amends, so here goes…
Happy un-birthday to you,
Happy un-birthday tooo youuuu,
Happy UN-BIRTHDAY dear Holl-eeeee!
Happy un-birthday toooo youuuuuuu!
And many mooooooooore (see, you taught me that bit and now I get to use it!)
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The one in the middle appears to be a slider. At any rate, he has that stripe on the side of his head like one. I can’t tell about the others, but would say they don’t all appear to be the same type. Nice pic!
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We don’t have native turtles where I live so this was a really cool photograph. Thanks for sharing it.
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Makes me think of that Janis Joplin song…”I’m just like a turtle, underneath its horny shell”…or is that “thorny”?
I like “horny” better…though of course it has little to do with your beautiful photo, featuring real rather than metaphorical turtles with shells that aren’t particularly thorny…or horny…then, at least one of them seems to be trying to get on top of one of the others…
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…a momentary connection, folks, so I’m going to try to catch up a little…
Thanks, betchai. Yeah, they did look like they were enjoying themselves…I wonder if they’re all of the same family??? :o)
Slowest train ever.
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I haven’t been over for a few days but you blog has made me smile. Photoshopping Lucy vintage, hmm anyone that plays with photoshop will know how easy it is to end up with something very different. Still looks great though!
Great shot of the turtles, as Bird says we don’t have them and I enjoyed her singing! ;-)
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Hey Bird! So sorry it’s taken so long to get back but have finally returned soooo….
No (official) turtles??? Wow, I remember playing with them when I was a kid…they’ve just always been around here. Last summer we found a HUGE snapping turtle in our driveway…I’m not kidding, it was the size of a dinner plate!
Yay! My first un-birthday greeting—thank you so much! And I’ve already corrupted you with the silly “many moooore” thing…my job is done! :o)
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Thanks tracker and thanks for the turtle info. I probably should’ve looked them up. Ya know, I didn’t even notice that stripe. Very interesting. I assumed that because they were altogether that they were the same type…that was silly! :o)
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Hi TT and thanks. That’s interesting that some regions don’t have turtles…I should look to see why that is…
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Hey drjay,
I can’t believe that you’ve come over here smearin’ my turtles’ reputations. Hey! Actually you (and Bird) are probably right about the mating thing. And it seems that, as another commenter pointed out, they are different, but unlike some hoo-mans, they don’t let that bother them. And that’s nice!
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Good one, Omar! That would’ve made for a nice post title :o)
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Hi Chrissy,
Thanks for coming by and don’t worry about it…I’m not too quick myself. Ya know, I didn’t even get as far as Photoshop, actually have never used it. I just had my camera on the wrong setting and voila! A screwed-up pic!
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed Bird’s singing too and am hoping she will consider going to video as Robin has done… :o)
I love this photo, I have submitted it to mixx :)
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Thanks so much, My Life, and thank you for submitting to mixx! :o)
Earth turtle train looks great, I like how this looks.
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Thanks osha training, I’m glad you like it. They scattered only seconds after this was taken.
That is amazing. Turtles are a most wonderful thing.
Thanks, osha. Yeah, this was the first time I’d seen so many turtles in one place!
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Cute!!!!! Turtles are so beutifull…great job!!!
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Thanks, ce4all. Glad you like it and thanks for stopping by to comment. :o)