Category: #Turtles

Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month —Reptiles in the Carolinas

Animal of the Month

I’m joining Terri Webster Schrandt in her new Sunday Stills theme of Animal of the Month. This challenge will be for posting photos of an Animal, Bird, insect, reptile or other Creature of the Month. This month she also has a subtheme of Wild. I am focusing my images on Reptiles in the Wild areas of the Southeastern United States (mainly the Carolinas).

Pond Slider
The Pond
The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NC
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle Brunswick, Georgia
Pond Sliders
South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Red-eared Slider South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Red-eared Slider South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Common Box Turtle Rocky Branch Trail Cramerton, NC
Pond Sliders
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Pond Sliders, Red-eared Slider,
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles,
and Common Box Turtle

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month – Wild

Photo Credit:©️2024-2025 Deb L. Waters (Spiny Softshell by Trisha L. Wilson) … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Have an adventurous week. Stay Cool. Enjoy the Outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Portrait #17 — 2026 June 08

Patrick,

The Eastern Spiny

Softshell Turtle

Patrick is an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle residing in an aquarium at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Patrick

Spiny Softshell turtles are found in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The state of North Carolina considers these species of turtles to be of Special Concern. Patrick, like other Spiny Softshell turtles, does not have a hard shell covered in scutes. He is covered in leathery skin instead.

Monday Portrait-2026.06.08

Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any animal in your which way – Part Two

Which Way Challenge

Good day! I trust everyone has had a wonderful week so far. Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). The theme is Any animal in your which way. Let’s see the amazing Which Ways y’all can come up with to display Animals in your Pathways, Sidewalks, Trails, Roads, or in any Which Way You Choose. Here are my entries …

Dogs on Trails or Pathways:

Turtles on & Seen from the Trail:

Bugs Encountered on Trails:

For enhanced/enlarged viewing click on each image. 

Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

GERIATRI’X’ Fotogallery – LITTLE ANIMALS

Dawn’s Which Way: Squirrel Moving Up

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Next week we will be discovering Which Ways (CWWC) with Any type of Signs featured in our Which Ways.

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any animal in your which way – Part Two

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments.

Locations: 1-9) Rocky Branch Trail; 10 & 12) Goat Island Park and Greenway; 11) The Trailhead Store, Belmont; 13-15) Seventh Street; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Get Outdoors and enjoy nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.