Wildlife

[Brownski]

Not much meat, only the front legs and the tail. I am going with a female laying eggs. The Google says that females have skinny tails. I went this evening and looked again. I think this is a skinny tail.

If it’s still there tomorrow flip it over with a stick. If the top of the shell looks like a dinosaur it could be a Alligator snapping turtle rather than a common snapping turtle. You might have conclusive proof of a breeding population in NYS

 

[tirolski]

Most likely a snapper.
State’s official reptile.
Kids voted for it.

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[Brownski]

Most likely a snapper.
State’s official reptile

That’s what they want you to believe…

 

[wonderpony]

Elvis has left the building. It will remain an unsolved mystery.

 

[freeheeln]

Most likely a snapper.
State’s official reptile.

There has been three snappers out in the pond out back. Two have been 'wrestling' with each other

 

[freeheeln]

This was a good sized Garter.

 

[Brownski]

That’s a great shot as always but I get no sense of scale from it. How big do garter snakes get? Not very big right?

 

[trackbiker]

Another one from the reptile genus. Saw this guy on my walk at lunch today.

 

[Endoftheline]

This couple have been hooting it up since mid March, been seeing them individually on and off but last weekend they decided to show themselves mid day. Not a great shot, phone pic through a window.

 

[freeheeln]

That’s a great shot as always but I get no sense of scale from it. How big do garter snakes get? Not very big right?

Up to 24" but 18", this one, is about the biggest i ever see.