Wood Turtle
Most
of the photos on this page were made in the Ottawa National Forest, Houghton
County, Michigan (the few exceptions are note, below). The numbering system
(part of a larger study) simply indicates different turtles
22,
25-year-old female, 30 May 2024.
24,
27-year-old male, 30 May 2024.
25,
23-year-old female, 4 June 2024; here is a
video of this turtle.
26,
20+-year-old female, 6 June 2015.
31,
6-year-old presumed female, 21 June 2019; here
is another shot of this turtle on the same day; and here
is a shot of this turtle four days later, on 25 June 2019.
32,
28+-year-old, very large male, 21 June 2019.
33,
28-year-old female, here with 42, a 27-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is a shot of this turtle on 8 June 2021; here is a video of this turtle from 8 June 2021.
34,
young female, 8 June 2020.
35,
young female, 8 June 2020 (I like the shadows in this pic); here is a shot of this turtle on 12 June 2022.
36, 20+-year-old
female, 6 June 2015; here is a shot of this
turtle laying her eggs, 9 June 2015; here is a
shot of this turtle on 3 June 2016; here is a
shot of this turtle on 14 June 2020; here is a
shot of this turtle laying her eggs on 16 June 2020 (via telephoto lens---so as
not to disturb her---through the challenging light of dusk); and here is a shot of this turtle on 12 June 2022.
37,
mature female, 14 June 2020; here is a shot of
this turtle on 16 June 2020; and here is a
shot of this turtle on 19 June 2022.
38,
mature female, missing part of left front leg, 21 June 2020, here is a shot of this turtle laying her eggs on
the same day; here is a shot of this turtle on
11 June 2021.
41,
23-year-old female, 21 June 2019.
42,
27-year-old female, here with 33, a 28-year-old female, 21 June 2019.
43,
18-year-old female, 21 June 2019.
44,
very large male, 14 June 2020.
45,
young female, 14 June 2020.
46,
22-year-old female, 2 June 2022; here is a
video of this turtle.
51,
5-year-old presumed female, 21 June 2019.
52,
16-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is an in situ shot of this turtle.
53,
large male, 16 June 2020.
54,
female, 19 June 2020.
55,
23-year-old female, 4 June 2024; here is a
video of this turtle.
61,
15-year-old female, 15 June 2021.
62, 25-year-old
female, 19 June 2023; here is a video of this
turtle.
63,
25+-year-old male, 4 June 2024.
224, 25+-year-old
female, 21 June 2017, here is another shot of
this turtle on the same day; here is a shot of
this turtle on 16 June 2020; here is a shot of
this turtle on 8 June 2021.
226,
30+-year-old female, 10 June 2012; here is a
shot of this turtle on 8 June 2012; here is a
shot of this turtle on 15 June 2012; here is a
shot of this turtle on 14 June 2013; here is a
shot of this turtle on 15 June 2013; and here
is a shot of this turtle on 12 June 2015.
227,
30-year-old female, 10 June 2012; here is a
shot of this turtle, dead, on 3 July 2013.
233,
23-year-old female, 6 June 2015; here is a shot
of this turtle on 12 June 2015; and here is a
shot of this turtle on 2 June 2022.
234, a
large, 24-year-old male, 6 June 2015; here is
another shot of this turtle (emphasizing its large size), and here is a shot of this large male on 9 June 2015.
240,
5-year-old female, 16 June 2017 (maybe her mother was in the study in 2012); here is a close-up of this turtle’s carapace; and here is this turtle crawling back to the river.
250,
20+-year-old female, 3 June 2016; here is
another shot of this turtle; here is a shot of
this turtle on 12 June 2022; here is a shot of
this turtle on 19 June 2023; and here
is a shot of this turtle on 4 June 2024.
251,
20+-year-old female, 3 June 2016; here is
another shot of this turtle on 3 June 2016; here
is a shot of this turtle on 9 June 2016; here
is another shot of this turtle on 9 June 2016 (in situ).
252, 17-year-old
female, 11 June 2016; here is another shot of
this turtle.
800a,
25+-year-old female, 9 June 2015; here is
another shot of this turtle.
830,
19-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is a
shot of this turtle on 16 June 2020; here is a
video of this turtle on 19 June 2020; here is
a shot of this turtle on 8 June 2021.
1015,
26 year old female, in the very challenging light after dusk on 21 June 2019; here is a shot of this turtle, as we found her in
the woods, on 2 June 2023; here is a
photo of this turtle on 4 June 2024 and here
is a video of this turtle on the same day.
1021,
23-year-old female, 6 June 2015; here is a shot
of this turtle, in the very challenging light after dusk on 21 June 2019; here is a shot of this turtle, on 2 June 2023;
and here is a shot of this turtle on 4
June 2024.
1070,
16-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is
another shot of this turtle.
1320,
20+year-old female, 14 June 2013; here is a
shot of this turtle exactly as we found her, in the shade of a boulder along
the river on a sunny and hot day, 17 June 2014, here
is a shot of this turtle on the same day, and here
is another; here, is a shot of this turtle on 4
June 2015, and here is another shot of this
turtle on the same day; here is a shot of this
turtle on 9 June 2015; here is a shot of this
on 10 June 2017, here is another shot of this turtle on the same
day; and here is a shot of this turtle on 14
June 2020.
2096,
25-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is a
shot this turtle on 16 June 2020; here is a
shot of this turtle on 8 June 2021.
2115,
22-year-old female, 16 June 2022.
2132, 25-year-old
female, 8 June 2021.
2144,
22-year-old female, 12 June 2022; here is a
video of this turtle.
2220,
28-year-old female, 26 June 2013; here is a shot
of this turtle.
2235,
27-year-old female, 9 June 2023, and here is
an in situ shot of this turtle.
2311, a
large, 30+-year-old female, 13 June 2014; here
is a shot of this turtle; here is a shot of
this turtle returning to the river; here is a
shot of the trail out of the river that led us to this turtle; here is a shot of this turtle, on 21 June 2019; here is a shot of this turtle on 8 June 2020.
2320,
30+-year-old female, 9 June 2016; here is a
shot of this turtle on her nest, 9 June 2016; here
is a shot of this turtle heading for the water, 9 June 2016; here is a shot on nest, 11 June 2016; here is a shot of this turtle heading for the
woods (not the river!), 11 June 2016; and here
is a shot of this turtle, 11 June 2016.
3004,
22-year-old female, 21 June 2019; here is an in situ shot of this turtle, getting
along without her right front foot.
3200,
23-year-old female (with stub front feet, but getting along just fine), 30 May
2024.
Another
view, outside of our study area, Perch River, near Highway 28 (not in
Ottawa National Forest), Baraga County, Michigan, 10 June 2017; here is another shot of this turtle on the same
day; and here is another.
Multiple
turtles in one shot
Here is
a shot of three Wood Turtles (from left to right: 36, 1021, 26), 6 June 2015.
Here is
a shot of three Wood Turtles (from left to right: 250, 251, 36), 3 June 2016.
Here is
a shot of three Wood Turtles (clockwise, from bottom: 1070, 42, 33), 21 June
2019.
Here
is a shot of three Wood Turtles (53, 830, 2096), 16 June 2020.
Another
view, three Wood Turtles, Iron County, Wisconsin, 9 June 2022. We found
these turtles on the shoulder of Wisconsin Highway 77, about 15 miles from the
Michigan line. A couple of trucks came barreling by just as we were moving
these three females (each carrying eggs) off the road.
Here is
a shot of two Wood Turtles (226 and 233), 12 June 2015; and here is another shot of both of these turtles.
Here is
a shot of two Wood Turtles (33 and 43), 21 June 2019.
Here
is a shot of two Wood Turtles (44 and 1320), 14 June 2020.
Here
is a shot of two Wood Turtles (36 and 250), 12 June 2022.
Here
is a shot of two Wood Turtles (250 and 1015), 4 June 2024.
Uncaptured turtles
Another
view, 3 July 2014; shot of this uncaptured turtle taken with portrait lens
(i.e., not my telephoto lens) at distance.
Another
view, 6 June 2015; shot of this uncaptured turtle taken with portrait lens
(i.e., not my telephoto lens) at distance.
Another
view, 16 June 2020; crummy iPhone shot, at great distance.
Wood
Turtle miscellany
Here is a
shot of Wood Turtle habitat; 21 June 2019.
Here
is a shot of a freshly depredated Wood Turtle nest, 2 June 2012.
Here
is another shot of a freshly depredated Wood Turtle nest (note Raccoon tracks
in foreground), 11 June 2016.
Here
is a shot of a Wood Turtle dig (i.e., an uncompleted nest), 3 June 2016.
Here is
a shot of a Wood Turtle maternity ward, i.e., trails at a nesting sight, 21
June 2017; here is one from 21 June 14, 2019;
and here is another from 21 June 2019.
