Showing posts with label reptiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reptiles. Show all posts

The Bog: Checking out the neighbors

Monday, August 1, 2022

Photo by Martin DeGrazia
 
The green heron pair at Ronald Bog are getting to know the neighbors. The turtles have long claimed the logs in the Bog so it's hard to tell if this is a friendly greeting, a negotiation, or a warning.

Photo by Martin DeGrazia

Or maybe curiosity. It looks like the turtle has drawn in his head, so perhaps he's not so happy with the new neighbor. And the green heron looks like he's trying to figure out what the turtle did with his head.

They have time to figure it out. 

--Diane Hettrick



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Turtle tête à tête

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler


(On the shores of Lake Washington the other day)

--Gloria Z Nagler



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Burke Museum online: Garter snakes and their connection to old-timey socks

Friday, March 27, 2020


From the Burke Museum at the University of Washington

Garter snakes and their connection to 
old-timey socks

Part of new Collection Q/A video series

Learn about Washington's native garter snakes with Herpetology Collection Manager Peter Miller and how to identify these amazing creatures. Oh, and you'll also learn how they got named after old-timey socks in the first place!

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