Strathroy Wetlands Marsh Walk
This slider turtle and two midland painted turtles were at Strathroy Wetlands Marsh Walk. The red-eared slider is a non-native species and the most common pet turtle. Unfortunately, these introduced turtles can outcompete our beloved native turtles, crowing them out of their habitat.
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| Slider turtle |
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| Introduced Slider turtle (forground), native painted turtle (behind) |
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| Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias |
Strathroy Conservation Area
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| Eastern Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |
Strathroy Sewage Lagoons
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| Northern Shovellor, Anas clypeata |
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| Common Merganser, Male Mergus merganser americanus |
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| Willow catkins |
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| Muscrat, Ondatra zibethicus |
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| Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola |
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| Unidentified swamp creature! |
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| Male Red-windged Black Bird, Agelaius phoeniceus |
3 comments:
Nice set of pics. I did not know that about the slider.
I struggled to ID the slider. I knew they were at the Strathroy Marsh Walk, but the pattern and colour is not typical of what I have seen before. I learned that the stripes that normally appear on the neck fade with time - so this may be an older male.
That unidentified swamp creature -- could it be a snapping turtle??
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