Turtles!

The same day we went and caught the frog in the raindrops

(see my last post),

we caught some turtles

in

a ditch

beside the road.

I caught the back

of the largest

turtle I have EVER seen in the U.P.

Unfortunately, it popped underwater

and did not come back up so I could capture it better with my camera:

But luckily, this guy had no idea I was by him:

Usually, they feel the vibration on the ground before I can get close to them to get a shot

and they go underwater.

I had to use a zoom to get this one:

He was just hangin' out, getting some sun:

Or maybe admiring his reflection in the water:

After all, he IS pretty handsome, don't you think?:

We saw about three others that day,

but they were very spooked by any movement

or

shadows

and would plop right into the water and stay underwater

for a long, long time....

they definitely outwaited this photographer.

Steady like a turtle has its roots in good history.

They outsmarted me, and that was all I could capture that day!