At Meadowlark last Sunday there were many turtles to be seen in and around the water. This drain in the middle of the lake seemed to be attractive..
Others were sunning themselves on the bank..
Or taking a swim..
Around the pavilion they were swimming happily with the large carp..
It was interesting to watch the baby turtles interacting with the adults.
One little turtle kept lining itself up to face a bigger (parent?) turtle. Once in place it stretched its front legs forward and paddled them rapidly up and down as if asking to be fed.
It reminded us of the behaviour of a baby bird, but the adults didn't seem to be interested and just swam away..
How interesting. There certainly wasn't this number of turtles when we were there. I think about 4 under the bridge and the 2 by the lake.
ReplyDeleteWhat is there to stop the baby ones falling in that drain in the middle?😢😕
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