Painted Turtles basking in the warm sunlight of a cool April day
I frequently see Painted Turtles exhibiting this behavior during sunny spring days. As turtles are cold blooded, they relish the warm rays of sunlight. When I first noticed this log it was covered with turtles basking in a line along its entire length. By the time I drew near enough for this shot, all had slipped quietly back into the water except for this pair.
A little research revealed that females are larger than males and that we are in the midst of their breeding season now. Most likely this is a guy and his favorite gal all snuggled up and quite hesitant to flee.
Delightful!
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Salty, a tidbit of information that I didn't know before. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Salty, i was wondering about the basking thing, until you mentioned breeding season.. great shot. Thanks for sharing as always
ReplyDeleteI love the turtles! They are such cool critters!
ReplyDeleteLove on a log.... good name for a book.. ha! great country capture Salty.
ReplyDeleteSalty: Those tturtles are putting on quite the show with there necks extended. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture
ReplyDeleteNice shot of the turtles. I don't get to see them around here anymore. I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteI love those turtles they are so big, we don't see turtles around here.
ReplyDeleteI love the turtles! And I love all the duck pics. Esp. the bad hair day. lol, that was great.
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