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Painted Turtle at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Bhavna and I were standing at the edge of the new pond at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. I had my camera in hand, photographing the dragonflies, damselflies, and butterflies. The pond, crammed with water lilies, reflected the surrounding greenery. But something else caught Bhavna’s eye.
“Look, there’s a baby turtle!” she whispered excitedly, pointing towards the pond’s surface.
I shifted my gaze and saw it. Partially submerged, the shell of a Painted Turtle barely broke [...]
https://islandinthenet.com/painted-turtle-at-bowmans-hill-wildflower-preserve/
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Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Deirochelys reticularia)
Turtle identification is challenging. I had thought, based on photographs I saw online after searching "turtles New Jersey", that this individual was a Painted Turtle. I uploaded the photo to iNaturalist where amateur naturalists, John Keisers, suggested that this was a Northern Red-bellied Cooter. I agree with John. [...]