Western Painted Turtles on the Sunshine Coast

I had a few days of “fishy” salmon advisory meetings on the Sunshine Coast, so I headed up on an early ferry on the first day so that I could take photos.

I’d shot Western Painted Turtles at a pond on the Egmont Road before, and sure enough, I saw several this time, too.

Note: photos shot from the bank with a long telephoto lens. . .

Western Painted Turtles on the Sunshine Coast, BC

Some more info about these turtles here from the South Coast Conservation Program.

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