Where have all the turtles gone?
07-15-2010, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by QBeth
Originally Posted by cjomomma
We are not having a shortage on turtles or geese at the lake this year. I had never seen them like this. Turtles everywhere and the geese too.
07-15-2010, 06:39 PM
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You know, I hardly ever see snakes or salamanders anymore. Not that I miss the snakes! We have LOTS of frogs here though, all sizes and colors! A pretty green one was climbing the patio door last night....
07-15-2010, 08:27 PM
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We have PLENTY of turtles - and pollywogs (or tadpole if you prefer), and frogs, and swifts, and anoles, and butterflies, and bees, and snakes, and deer and fox and coyotes, and rabbits, and squirrels and chipmunks and birds, and skunks, and possum, and armadillos, and racoons, and and...
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
how's this for a turtle?
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07-15-2010, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JJs
We have PLENTY of turtles - and pollywogs (or tadpole if you prefer), and frogs, and swifts, and anoles, and butterflies, and bees, and snakes, and deer and fox and coyotes, and rabbits, and squirrels and chipmunks and birds, and skunks, and possum, and armadillos, and racoons, and and...
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
07-16-2010, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JJs
We have PLENTY of turtles - and pollywogs (or tadpole if you prefer), and frogs, and swifts, and anoles, and butterflies, and bees, and snakes, and deer and fox and coyotes, and rabbits, and squirrels and chipmunks and birds, and skunks, and possum, and armadillos, and racoons, and and...
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
maybe you lookin' in the wrong place!
Oh my goodness, that is a snapping turtle!!!!
Yep, got the all the above too, especially the snakes and coyotes. I usually shoot at least a snake a week. I live on the river and we have alot of cottonmouths.
07-16-2010, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Kas
I think I would stay clear of that one! We used to have a creek in our neighborhood when I was growing up. We used to catch turtles and tadpoles all the time. We called it the Big Ditch. Well, they paved it and turned it into a drainage ditch. No more fish, turtles or tadpoles. :evil: That was so sad for us kids. I think it is stuff like that that's making them scarce.
