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Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

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One of the only photography oases I found in the last few years was a small reservoir with some high-quality turtle habitat. Combined with the fact that there were few people around and decent light early and late in the day, and it was relatively close to home, I was hooked.

Up to this point, I hadn't spent a lot of time around turtles, but had never seen this phenomenon before. Searching online to gauge how common it was, it didn't seem to be. It's fascinating what happens out there when we slow down long enough to see. (I also learned that turtles aren't nearly as slow as is commonly thought.)

Aug 11, 2023 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

What an outstanding and interesting photo, Kim.

Cheers

George

Aug 11, 2023 at 04:35 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Great capture Kim. Only guessing but the large turtle may be a snapping turtle.

Aug 11, 2023 at 05:23 AM

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That appears to be a good size Snapper! Coexistence

Very nice image Kim, the sea of greens is calming

Karl

Aug 11, 2023 at 07:40 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Very calm but interesting image Kim. That's one way to get where you're going

Gary

Aug 11, 2023 at 07:44 AM

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Wonderful photo Kim. That little one will be surprised when that island submerges.

Morris

Aug 11, 2023 at 09:28 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Terrific shot, very unique.

Aug 11, 2023 at 11:02 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Great photo and capture

Chris S.

Aug 11, 2023 at 11:19 AM

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Superb shot !

Ronny

Aug 11, 2023 at 11:26 AM

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George Welch wrote:
What an outstanding and interesting photo, Kim.

Cheers

George

Thanks George. The turtles did the most interesting part and I was glad to be at the right place at the right time...

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Ted ellis wrote:
Great capture Kim. Only guessing but the large turtle may be a snapping turtle.

Thanks Ted! You're right about the Snapper--and it was one of several in that area. They continued to be intriguing subjects until the reservoir was "improved" and they lost their shoreline habitat.

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Karl Witt wrote:
That appears to be a good size Snapper! Coexistence

Very nice image Kim, the sea of greens is calming

Karl

Thank you, Karl. (See comment to Ted above.) This place was wonderful for two years in large part due to those beautiful greens reflected from shoreline vegetation and for the variety of critters the habitat lent itself to. I am really bummed about the "improvements" and miss seeing the antics of the turtles (more pics to come...).

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sum1sgrampa wrote:
Very calm but interesting image Kim. That's one way to get where you're going

Gary

Thanks, Gary. It was a first for me... but not the last

. Apparently the Painteds have (had) some arrangement with the Snappers here. Turns out this wasn't a one-off... More pics to come.

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morris wrote:
Wonderful photo Kim. That little one will be surprised when that island submerges.

Morris

Thanks Morris. It was certainly another example of sit and wait, and be absolutely surprised and amazed. The Painted turtles would just slip off when the Snapper submerged. Who knew??

Aug 13, 2023 at 03:05 AM

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You don't see that everyday!

Rolo

Aug 14, 2023 at 11:12 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Turtle Uber.

Aug 14, 2023 at 04:58 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

This is so cool!...
I always love to see interspecific interactions,... a truly unique image

bruce

Aug 14, 2023 at 08:32 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

what a lovely capture, Kim

Aug 14, 2023 at 09:19 PM

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louie champan wrote:
Terrific shot, very unique.

Thanks Louie--turns out these turtles do this often. Who knew??

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csinseattle wrote:
Great photo and capture

Chris S.

Thank you, Chris. I'm always amazed to think about how often something like this happens...but we don't see it!

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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Superb shot !

Ronny

Thank you, Ronnie. Right place, right time. Someone had to push the button...

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R_o_l_o wrote:
You don't see that everyday!

Rolo

More days than I thought though, it turned out. More to come...

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probishaw wrote:
Turtle Uber.

Love it--so true!

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OwlsEyes wrote:
This is so cool!...
I always love to see interspecific interactions,... a truly unique image

bruce

Thanks Bruce. I swear I've seen some of the most uncommonly common things just by sitting and being patient. The interspecies thing is really fascinating, isn't it?

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kdacharya wrote:
what a lovely capture, Kim

Thanks, KD. It was a treat to see, let alone photograph.

Aug 18, 2023 at 03:10 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

Such a great capture and image!

Aug 18, 2023 at 06:35 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Turtle teaser: Painted hitching a ride on Snapper...

The taxi looks so content with themself too..!

Aug 18, 2023 at 03:53 PM


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