Box Turrtle 1 - Apr 30 - 2010 by Leeco

Photography • Animals • posted on May 02, 2010

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

This is the 1st part of a 3 part tale. This is an Eastern Box Turtle. I am pretty sure it is a female because I think that males have red eyes. They are not one of the water turtle species but they can swim as demonstrated here. However, they rarely do so. In fact, this is only the 2nd time I have ever seen one swimming. The 1st time I saw one in water, he was mainly on a floating mass of vegetation and did not take to open water. When I first noticed this one, she was in the middle of the pond and swimming strongly. I went to the shore line she was heading for and sat down to await her arrival. I got this shot when she was a few feet form the shore. Part 2 tomorrow, lol. Thanks to those who take the time to comment. Lee