I stood near the pond bank early one morning and spotted this little guy . . . or gal. I watched him/her swim around, up, down, fast and slow. It really was quite a water ballet routine. Not being a turtle expert I grabbed a handful of grass and threw it as hard and as far as I could into the water. Silly grass doesn't lend itself to being thrown very far so I went to get a handful of fish food. When I came back a few moments later this was the scene . . .
They were all lined up like airplanes on a tarmac.
They gobbled that fish food up like they hadn't eaten in days.
And, that is when I realized that the first one I saw wasn't a little guy or gal but probably Ma or Pa Turtle.
-dana
aaawww!! look at the little guys!! what a cute post! =)
ReplyDeleteHow fun is that! I would never see anything like that in Utah!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I collect "turtle stuff" but don't often get to see live ones... Love that last photo!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! We have three pet turtles 'rescued' by my husband, who finds them while he's doing landscaping work. Your first sentence in this post reminded me of the book "A Fly Went By"...
ReplyDeleteIt starts... "I sat by the lake, and I looked at the sky. And as I looked, a fly went by."
Ha ha!
That is so cool! Never have I ever . . .
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous to see that -- and how wonderful that you had the fish food on hand to feed them!
ReplyDeletesuch cuties! and to be able to see them in your backyard!
ReplyDeleteThey are sooooo cute You will have to feed them all the time now. The photos are good.
ReplyDeleteHugs Mary.
They are too great! I would love it if I saw a whole herd of them here...
ReplyDeleteWow, so they're wild turtles? Too cute, with their little turtle heads popping out of the water!
ReplyDeleteI have had a lifelong love affair with turtles. They're just the cutest things.
ReplyDeleteAre they snapping turtles? If so, you sure want to stay clear. Don't snapping turtles eat the fish?
I sometimes see one or two little turtles in our ditch, but as soon as they see me they hide under some leaves... never seen them swimming... Thanks for sharing that!!
ReplyDeleteSweet sweet turtle pictures! I love turtles, unfortunately they don't live in the wild in Denmark :-(
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! I love watching animals in the wild. You were lucky to catch those pics.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! I love watching animals in the wild. You were lucky to catch those pics.
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