King of the hill

By adamg on Sat, 06/10/2023 - 11:35am

Turtle atop grate covering the Muddy River supply pipe in Jamaica Pond

The other day a turtle lazed atop the grate that covers the start of the Muddy River: The siphon pipe at the northern end of Jamaica Pond that sends water under Perkins Street to Wards Pond.

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It's siphon pipes

By jmeltzer on Sat, 06/10/2023 - 2:13pm.

all the way down.

Yertle?

By tachometer on Sun, 06/11/2023 - 9:01am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMszK6IYymo

It's another red-eared slider

By necturus on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 1:54pm.

Trachemys scripta elegans.

I wonder if anyone's examined the effect of the establishment of this species in our area on the native eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) population.

Red eared slider

By BillyinBoston on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 5:06pm.

What percentage do think are red eared sliders versus native painter turtles?