09/04/25

 While out on a bike ride recently I was able to see and capture this Painted Turtle.  It was sitting off on the edge of the road and seemed out of harms way so I just photographed it and left it where it was to continue on it's way.  I always wonder where they think they are going.  😄

06/27/24

 In Gunderson Pond on the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion grounds, there can be found quite a number of turtles.  I captured these 3 on one of the logs.  I am pretty sure that these are Painted Turtles.  They are the most widespread native turtle of North America.

11/30/23

 It's the last day of November, only 25 days until Christmas!  For today's picture, I saw this guy about two and a half weeks ago on a bike ride.  It was sitting across the road from a fairly large pond.  It may have been coming from a pond a little way behind it.  It was nice and bright and fairly large and kind of surprising to see at this time of year.  It's a Painted Turtle.

5/10/17

I was at the Overland Park Arboretum this past Saturday.  It's a beautiful place to visit and walk around with all the flowers and trees.  There is a large pond there and some turtles were hanging out by the shore.  People were feeding bread to the fish and one turtle seemed to be enjoying it as well.  I think most of them were looking for other food.  I was able to get a good shot of this guy that showed off his colors well.  I believe this is a Western Painted Turtle.