It rained on and off this past week, and I stayed home on days precipitation was forecasted all day, but there was one day there was ONE three-hour slot open (12-3), so I went.
The turtles were out at Duck Pond. But then, they're always there. The turtles at that pond are strange. Many turtles grasp the rock with their forelegs and throw their hind legs out behind them when they bask. I had to do a double-take when I saw a Duck Pond turtle balancing on the back legs somehow, and I think his front legs were pulled back into the shell.
Then on a drizzly day, an adult turtle could be seen basking on a boulder in the middle of the pond...so I couldn't really blame the three hatchlings I saw later on a rock closer to the edge, on a rainy day--this is a proof photo--trying to bask there too. Don't turtles know you try to dry out shells when basking, so you don't do it in the rain?
