These painted turtles were soaking up the June sunshine. Most summer days the logs are very crowded but so far this year turtle activity is sparse. I hope as the warmer days roll on we’ll see more of these turtles and some snapping turtles too.
The turtles look wonderful, Belinda! 🙂 Duckweed is a true plague for those of us who keep planted aquariums. Once they get in your tanks — like after having purchased some nice plants that happen to have some duckweed in them — they multiply like wildfire and many cannot get rid of them; plus they can block out the light meant for better plants.
I’ve been very lucky!
I suppose it depends on what the weed is. I know that some of the lakes in the interior of BC were choked out by Eurasian milfoil and fish were losing their foraging space. It got so thick that swimming and boating were affected and mosquitoes bred like crazy. I don’t think that is what is in your photo though.
I’ve always called this plant duckweed. It seems it’s quite nutritious for waterfowl and some frogs and fish shelter in it. Not sure about the turtles though.
We have a lot of duck weed here in South Carolina on the ponds and I have learned that each of those little pieces is an entire individual plant that floats so there is not clogging up of the water underneath like a plant that is rooted. Also, it helps protect the water by reducing evaporation and keeping the water temperature down.
July 14, 2019 at 7:21 am
At first I thought I was seeing a third snout at the far right.
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July 3, 2019 at 9:32 pm
Nice shots, Belinda!
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July 4, 2019 at 6:56 am
Thank you Donna!
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July 3, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Nice capture, Belinda, and it’s always fun to see the turtles line up on whatever is sticking out of the water.
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July 3, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Thanks Ellen. It always makes me smile to see them in a “huddle”.
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July 3, 2019 at 4:48 am
Cute little ones! They are painted with duckweeds also 🙂
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July 3, 2019 at 11:48 am
They are, thanks.
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July 2, 2019 at 8:32 pm
The turtles look wonderful, Belinda! 🙂 Duckweed is a true plague for those of us who keep planted aquariums. Once they get in your tanks — like after having purchased some nice plants that happen to have some duckweed in them — they multiply like wildfire and many cannot get rid of them; plus they can block out the light meant for better plants.
I’ve been very lucky!
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July 2, 2019 at 9:32 pm
Thank you Tom.
I didn’t realize that it could be problematic. I’ll be watching it over the course of the summer.
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July 2, 2019 at 9:17 am
You can’t even see the water!! I hope the turtles don’t mind that. They look quite handsome.
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July 2, 2019 at 11:32 am
The duckweed is very dense, I wondered too. Thanks Anneli.
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July 2, 2019 at 11:56 am
I suppose it depends on what the weed is. I know that some of the lakes in the interior of BC were choked out by Eurasian milfoil and fish were losing their foraging space. It got so thick that swimming and boating were affected and mosquitoes bred like crazy. I don’t think that is what is in your photo though.
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July 2, 2019 at 2:44 pm
I’ve always called this plant duckweed. It seems it’s quite nutritious for waterfowl and some frogs and fish shelter in it. Not sure about the turtles though.
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July 2, 2019 at 4:54 pm
I don’t suppose it’s too detrimental to the ecosystem.
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July 3, 2019 at 2:48 pm
We have a lot of duck weed here in South Carolina on the ponds and I have learned that each of those little pieces is an entire individual plant that floats so there is not clogging up of the water underneath like a plant that is rooted. Also, it helps protect the water by reducing evaporation and keeping the water temperature down.
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July 7, 2019 at 6:25 pm
Thanks for the info Ellen.
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July 7, 2019 at 9:28 pm
Good info. Thanks, Ellen.
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