Turtles and tadpoles were having a nice Saturday afternoon at the Cincinnati Nature Center when Todd and I visited. Their leader, Tom, was eager to greet the visitors with a whistle or an old tale or two. Gabby, his wife, was more of the shy type and stayed mostly tucked away in her shell. The tadpole gang was putting on their annual spring dance. They looped in and out, moving to the music of the local bird band. Soon, they would grow into nice croaking frogs and teach the birds a thing or two. Before we left, we stopped off at Fannie Claire Andy’s pond. She was enjoying a nice sun, pretending not to notice the rowdy children running about. Turtles and tadpoles are quite the hosts.
Tom and Gabby.
“Listen sonny.”
Home, home on the branch.
I do declare.
A bit shy.
Terry tadpole.
Rico Swervy.
Hide-n-go seek, tadpole style.
Slick Sally.
Resting place.
Fanny Claire Andy sunnin’.
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Wonderful captures! I’d like to be one of those turtles lazin’ in that warm sun!
I’d like to be lazin in the sun but I don’t know about be a turtle. 😉 thank soonie.
Great post. These are wonderful shots (as usual)
Thanks so much Kevin.
Great tadpole shots.
Thanks Charles.
Cute photos … really cute creatures … my picks is “Listen sonny.” & “Slick Sally”. Sorry, for not visiting as I normally do .. have guests for a couple of days.
Thanks Viveka. Did you have fun with your guests?
They have left now .. and now I have to get my home in order – fantastic time .. not time for online work. Sorry for that.
I’ve never seen such colorful and large tadpoles! Lovely shots of the turtles, too.
Thanks. I am trying to identify them.
Do you know what sort of tadpole that is? Or is it a salamander? Great photos. I was down the creek just yesterday with the kids. Wish I had my camera with me to get shots of family of wrens.
I am trying to identify what type of tadpoles these are. They are probably newts or salamanders and not frogs. (tadpole is the name of any amphibian baby. I just found that out too. I thought only frogs were called tadpoles.)
turtles already? Great!
Thanks Elena.
Clever little story–the other creatures have lives of their own, too! Love the turtles.
Thanks Cynthia.
LOVE this series! Thanks!
Welcome. Thanks Mary.
“Rico Swervy” — hee hee hee 🙂
I thought that was pretty clever. 😉
It’s been so long since I’ve seen tadpoles! Very cute names and great photos. Aren’t turtles so mysterious? Quiet but fierce.
Yes. true. My great grandma was Fannie Claire Andy Flanagan. I always thought that was a funny name.
Such beautiful creatures, turtles and tadpoles!
Indeed. Thanks so much.
Always Love your pictures
Thank you.
Love the turtles. We don’t see them very often here, so this is a pleasure 🙂
Thanks Jennifer. Where is “here”?
Australia. 🙂
Really? But you have so many other wonderful creatures. Roos etc and of course all those baby eating dingos. (sorry I couldnt resist. :))
Oh, you went there did you!! Shame on you. Really, It’s ok.
Let’s see, roos and dingos are not just roaming the streets or kept in our backyards. You have to do some serious travel to see them. Where I am there is not so much of the,, but we have lots of penguins (apparently, I have not seen one yet) and other such creatures.
And our possums are totally different to yours. I’ve seen pictures and always get confused. Ours come out at night, only to be run order most of the time.
Ours come out at night too and are smashed as well. They look really evil. 😉 Do you have puffins down there?
Puffins, lol, no. Wish we did though, they’re so cute looking. Ad you’re possums do look evil, ours look cute and fluffy, until they’re pancaked.
Great pictures. My daughter loves turtles, I’ll have to show her these. Thank you for sharing.
Yes please do. Thanks Maggie.
Cute!
The dancing mennonite. I love that name. 🙂 Thanks.
Thanks!
What a fun and joyful sight! Challenging for most, but you can do it so well. Always enjoy the comments and your little narrative, too.
Thanks so much. 🙂
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Thanks for the reblog.
No prob! good job! 🙂
Oh Seth, if only you know how obsessed I am with turtles! Love love love the photos, and the tadpoles are really cool too! Thanks for sharing!
Welcome. Thanks Ema.
thank u to sharing me to see cute turtle .
Thanks Kyaw.
Spring, sigh.
🙂
Incredible pictures! I have always found turtles to be rather strange creatures. They smell like a good muddy pond, but they don’t have much to say. And they seem to have the ability to disappear! One sniff and they’re gone! Where to? Baffling.
Ha, this is very true. Thanks. 🙂
wonderful photos of those lovely creature..I love how you narrated it too..
nice post.
Thanks John.
Very cool photos
Thanks Bruce.
What snazzy markings on the Turtles ! .. and colourful tadpoles like I have never seen before wow 🙂
Lovely shots Seth .
Thanks poppy. I think they are the Northern Red spotted newt (the tadpoles)
Ah ok ! I tend to think of tadpoles as always being the fore runner to frogs 🙂
Me too!! Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.
that was fun…you managed some great shots…I’ve not seen turtles nor tadpoles with such vivid colours…very cool… 🙂
Thanks Heather.
Remarkable photos, Seth!!!
Thanks so much. 🙂 ..x
Great photos, I love reading your captions!
Thanks Meghan.
These pictures remind me of Louisiana! We once went canoeing in the swamps and they were everywhere… Lovely photography as usual!
Thanks! 🙂 ..
Great photos Seth, those tadpoles look like Salamanders or Newts.
They are Red spotted Newt tadpoles.
OMG! these are SO cute! i LOVE turtles!!!!!!!!!! very cool – I have some investiagting to do and I havent been getting updates even though I am following your blog!!!!!!!! Glad I didnt miss these!
Yeah, let me know what you find out.
well it was ticked in my dashboard as following but I wasnt getting updates – I redid it and is now working because I got the update this morning.I have to check my others that I am following!!!! Have a good one
Like your patience and the intricacy of getting into tadpoles – not many do that -Great !
Thanks Anantha.
Loving your pictures
Thx so much. Glad you like them.
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