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VajraWarrior
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I saw a turtle 1
#26690929 - 05/23/20 06:14 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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I was walking around the lake near my town center and I found turtles in the water just swimming around. Though they were the ones with the narrow snouts, soft shells I think they’re called. I thought it was a treat since I rarely see those ones around.
Seems like on my walks there’s always something new to see.
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Seems like on my walks there’s always something new to see.
I feel the same way. I got a video of a chipmunk.
There's always something new to see.
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I wish I saw a chipmunk some time. But I do get wood peckers and the occasional vulture and osprey
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I used to have a pet chipmunk. 
Saw the first hummingbird come to the feeder today..
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Seems like on my walks there’s always something new to see.
I feel the same way. I got a video of a chipmunk.
There's always something new to see.
There was a badger poking around in the field next to the dike, made me regret not carrying my camera as much anymore something to correct moving forward
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: Tantrika]
#26691207 - 05/23/20 08:38 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Videos are fun.
I put him up on my WhatsApp.
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: Tantrika]
#26691209 - 05/23/20 08:39 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Seems like on my walks there’s always something new to see.
I feel the same way. I got a video of a chipmunk.
There's always something new to see.
There was a badger poking around in the field next to the dike, made me regret not carrying my camera as much anymore something to correct moving forward
I keep my iPhone with me all the time, mostly for capturing perfect moments in nature. I have tons of pictures with the full moon overlooking fresh snow, those are my favorites.
I’ve never seen a hummingbird though, it’s on my list.
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VajraWarrior said: I keep my iPhone with me all the time, mostly for capturing perfect moments in nature. I have tons of pictures with the full moon overlooking fresh snow, those are my favorites.
I’ve never seen a hummingbird though, it’s on my list.
Do not personally own a smart phone, but do have a high-end camera with a decent zoom lens on it most of the time basically unless doing macro photography, then have to have my 60 mm prime macro
fell out of carrying it and using it as much after high school tho started to feel weird carrying it everywhere; was attempting to present male at that time, and had this background constant thought of "guys with cameras are considered creeps; if only you had been born female you could pursue your hobby"
of more recent issue has been my walking with a cane; quite cumbersome to try and deal with while also using a camera but working on building up enough leg muscle to feel confident walking without the cane again really want to get back in to photography in full, rather than just having it be a tucked away hobby
hummingbirds are great and come to the feeder all summer -- do not end up taking pictures of them because the feeder is artificial growing some plants that they feed on in the wild this year tho, so maybe that will provide new opportunity have a video of a hummingbird hawkmoth somewhere; those are a total trip, they hover and appear like a hummingbird but a close enough look reveals them just being a fluffy (daytime?) moth with a retracting mouth to sip from flowers in flight
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: norml840]
#26691935 - 05/24/20 06:51 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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you beat me to it
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In Northern Illinois we sometimes see fairly large hard shelled turtles crossing the road. Since they are not snapping turtles, you are supposed to pick them up by the side of their shell and carry them to the side of the road they are headed toward. Since I'm not completely sure they are not snapping turtles I just stop my car and let them take their time crossing the road.
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You can do the same thing with snappers honestly. I've done it before, however dangerous. I usually clap my hands and tell them to fuck off and they scurry away. There's a fair bit of swampy kinda stuff not too far from my house so I see snappers and painteds fairly often. I have a big pond on my property and every year there's little holes all over the place on my year where the babies crawled out of. I took some baby snappers in a year or two ago because they were just dying in my shed which is a fair distance from anything turtle related. They couldn't move. They were like the size of a quarter or a nickle and when I got rid of them in the spring they were the size of a big apple. If they weren't so demanding they would make really cool pets. You think a snapper is neat until you see one without calcified shells and covered in algae/mold. They're like little dinosaurs
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You can usually tell snappers from the mouth structure, it looks more like a vice from what I can gather and the shells are different too. You can help those guys out just pick them up way beyond the mouth. They’re also a bit more ornery than most turtles and will fight you if you try to help. Also I think they get pretty big too, but I haven’t seen any in the wild.
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Snapping turtles can not fully retract their heads.
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Not adults but young ones can
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: 1234go]
#26692115 - 05/24/20 08:39 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Been seeing a lot of really small neon yellow birds.
I think it's American Goldfinch.
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Could be warblers?
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: 1234go]
#26692126 - 05/24/20 08:45 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah it might be. They're like the smallest birds I've ever seen.
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I like the little birds, they're fun to watch. Don't get me wrong, large birds are pretty dope too...but those little guys have so much energy & personality.
I love tiny birds
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Re: I saw a turtle [Re: 1234go]
#26692245 - 05/24/20 09:47 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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1234go said: I like the little birds, they're fun to watch. Don't get me wrong, large birds are pretty dope too...but those little guys have so much energy & personality.
I love tiny birds
Personally I love the large birds, remind me somewhat of a Roc from fantasy stories or phoenixes.
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I love large birds, too...
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We get hella box turtles around here, just chilling in the sun. Lots of big ass black rat snakes and woodland rattlers too. My dog looks at every single stick suspiciously at this point
Lately I'm noticing a lot of foxes and deer all having their babies in the same meadow. It's pretty cool. There are a lot of bears here too, but they seem to like to hang out up in the hills on the rocks. I've seen massive eastern coyotes here too(seriously. they're like German Shepherd sized ), but I don't think there's any hanging out nearby, I think the reason why there's so many fox litters and fawns around here is because the larger predators don't really hang around here as much right now.
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VajraWarrior said: You can usually tell snappers from the mouth structure, it looks more like a vice from what I can gather and the shells are different too. You can help those guys out just pick them up way beyond the mouth. They’re also a bit more ornery than most turtles and will fight you if you try to help. Also I think they get pretty big too, but I haven’t seen any in the wild.
This is an excellent opportunity for me to nerd out.. 
Common snappers you can pick up by the tail, unless they’re about a foot long in shell length. Once they get that big it’s best to corral them into a box or bucket because their tails aren’t strong enough to support their weight. Holding them by the tail keeps your flesh outside their jaw range. Alligator snappers heads are too big to flip backwards over their shells so you can hold them by the carapace above/behind their heads and tails without them being able to reach you.
Common snappers are called Chelydra Serpentina because their necks are really long and they can reach you pretty much anywhere, except their tails. I’d rather deal with an Alligator snapper 2 1/2 feet long than a common snapper over a foot. Alligator snappers pretty much just open their mouths and wait for you to stick something in there where commons will strike out at you. But if you’re going to get bit by one it’s better to be bit by a common because a gator snapper will take off anything it gets ahold of. Awesome turtles
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I think we get the alligator snappers around here so I don’t have to worry about them nipping things off my finger tips.
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