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Small Joys. January 26, 2021


During breakfast, with the help of my niece Tessa...  I was able to take some amazing images of 3 turtles. Just as I was uploading the image to my photos a 4th turtle decided to push his way onto the log. They are almost as skittish as cardinals!  If I so much as open the porch door in an attempt to take their picture, they would have slipped into the lake faster than you could shake a stick. 

 It is harder to identify turtles than one would think.  I have now spent a few hours looking at images of lake turtles in Georgia and alas I am no further than I was at the start.  I guess for now I will just savor the fact that on this unusual 70 degree January day they came up on the log to warm themselves in the sun.  Lucky me.  

 

And then there were 6...

Wow, As the day went on 2 more turtles tried to navigate the log.  How did the last two get the others to move up the log?  How was that negotiated?  You can see their powerful legs and sharp claws.  Hopefully I will be able to figure out what type of turtle we have in the lake using this picture.  I think there are two different types on the log... What do you think?

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