Looks like a Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta, to me.
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/chrysemy.html
Neat photo!
Godfrey
On Mar 14, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I haven't a clue in regard to the species. But it seems to be
fairly common in Michigan lakes. I will ask my friends at the
nature center next time I see them.
Very nice - I particularly like the water patterns and, of course,
the
colours in the animal itself.
Do you know what species it is?
I was going to lay off the pesos for a while. I've posted quite a
few
in the last couple of weeks. But, darn, the list is slow. So
here's an
ode to slowness:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4218507&size=lg
