Van Cortland Lake Turtles

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Bronx Turtles

Lake Turtles

Can anyone name the species? This one was about 14 inches long, a guess. There were about 9 of them, all a bit smaller than this guy, sunning themselves when I approached.

view profile drewbic Pro User says: those look like your standard Painted Turtle to me…

Van Cortlandt Lake, which is man-made, is the largest freshwater lake in the Bronx. This beautiful feature was formed in the 1690s when Jacobus Van Cortlandt dammed Tibbetts Brook to power two mills.
www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_van_cortlandt_park/v…
nyfalls.com/wildlife/Wildlife-reptiles-turtles.html

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Filed under: New York City, Parks , , , , , by gamma

5 Responses to “Van Cortland Lake Turtles”

  1. Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw), on March 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm Said:

    Wonderful turtles! Van Cortlandt rocks.

    Thanks for the NYFall link. Cool site.

  2. Flickr: drewbic, on March 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pm Said:

    those look like your standard Painted Turtle to me…

  3. Flickr: GammaBlog, on March 11th, 2008 at 3:02 pm Said:

    That was my best guess as well, from the illustrations on the site linked above. But you sound like you know your painted turtles, drewbic, thanks.

  4. Flickr: lucky_dog, on March 16th, 2008 at 12:31 am Said:

    it’s a turtle conga line!!

  5. Flickr: GammaBlog, on March 16th, 2008 at 1:45 am Said:

    Very slow conga, lucky d.

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