Up close and personal with a red-eared slider turtle resting along the trail 🐢
📍 Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
#RedEaredSlider #Turtle #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50 #NatureLovers #Herpetology #MastodonNature #herpers
Catching the last of the afternoon rays. 🌿 This Red-eared Slider was perfectly content basking on a mossy rock today, showing off those signature vibrant stripes. 🐢✨
📍 Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, Houston, TX
🏷️ @canonusa @houstonaudubon
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A red-eared slider hauls out on a partially submerged log, neck stretched and shell angled above the water 🐢 Its reflection mirrors the pose as ripples spread across the pond. #RedEaredSlider #Turtles #Reptiles #Herper #WildlifePhotography
A Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) basks on a dead log. Easily identified by the distinct red stripe on its head. It slides quickly into the water if danger is sensed. #RedEaredSlider #Turtle #Wildlife #Ecology #NaturePhotography

Red-eared Slider on Log — This red-eared slider turtle enjoys a sunny spot on a fallen log. The turtle's shell reflects in the calm water below, creating a symmetrical image. These turtles are commonly found in the southeastern United States.

#Resting #Log #Water #Peaceful #Turtle #RedEaredSlider #Texas #Sunny

#redearedslider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to

The Dinky Line Trail

A short trail tucked between offices and train tracks gave me more than I expected—dragonflies and turtles, doves, an osprey, and a crowded log of sliders.

https://islandinthenet.com/dinky-line-trail/

Señoras gruñonas que cumplen 31 años! 🎂🥳
Galilea sigue disfrutando de buenas siestas, solete a saco, buen papeo y mucha mala leche, que a su edad no me extraña 😂
La "tarta" consiste en un medallón de pechuga de pavo un poco cocida, una rodaja de huevo duro y anchoitas desecadas. Manjares para mi lela   

#turtle #tortuga #cumpleaños #birthday #redearedslider

Red-eared Slider (Wild Animals by Papo)

In 1992 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were at the height of their popularity and like many young boys of my generation, I was obsessed! To the point where my vast toy collection wasn’t enough. I wanted a real turtle, and shockingly enough my mother obliged me. He was a red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), a sub-species of the pond slider native to the mid-western United States, […]

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