The Blanding’s Turtle is a is a medium sized turtle that is easily identifies by its bright yellow throat and chin. Also distinguished by its domed shell that resembles an army helmet.
Blanding’s Turtles usually live in large wetlands and shallow lakes with lots of water plants.
Not endangered but they are considered threatened.
Like most turtles they hibernate in the mud at the bottom of water bodies from late October till April.
The Blanding’s Turtle is found in the Great Lakes Basin and in isolated areas elsewhere in Canada and the United States.
Petroglyphs Provincial Park is a historical class Provincial Park that has the largest collection of ancient First Nations rock carvings in Ontario. The carvings were created in the pre-Columbian era and represent aspects of First Nations spirituality.
In addition, the idea that the camper fit on the back of our pickup and was our home fit with the image of the turtle. See below.
This image was taken in Canatara Park May 2014.
This image was taken on Pelee Island May 2016
This image was taken at Hillman Marsh June 2016
We were in Yellowstone to photograph grizzly bear and wolves and had spent a few days in the Lamar Valley. The road to Hayden Valley opened on this day and we were the fourth vehicle through the Hayden Valley that spring. We could have been first except for a couple of sleepy heads that day. We had our grand daughter River with us on that trip. We had taken her out of school for three weeks in grade 8 to travel through Yellowstone and hike in Utah.
An image River got that day of a Grizzly ripping apart a Bison that had frozen in the Yellowstone River.
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