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Index of Subjects ---36511695-1969563761-1404081141=:50279 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Don't know if this may help but I have seen pictures of a number of tiny Pa= inted Turtles, about the size of a Toonie, that have been recently photogra= phed, in a property owners pond (Truro area), the pond being there for at l= east 10 years. =0AShe figures they probably could be from last years hatch.= =0ALove the conversations on this list!=0A=0AGayle MacLean=0ADartmouth=0A= =0A =0A=0A=0AOn Sunday, June 29, 2014 4:36:29 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@ist= ar.ca> wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0AOn 6/28/2014 8:23 PM, David & Alison Webster wro= te:=0A=0A>=A0 =A0 =A0 Were most size classes represented ? (~2"-8")=0A>=A0 = =A0 =A0 One curious feature that someone may know is the habits of recently= =0A> hatched Painted Turtles. I think I have never seen one with a shell le= ss than 2"=A0 (5=0A=0A> cm) long which I think (drawing on memory) is about= 4 times the area of=0A> a newly hatched one.=0A=0A* I think the usual unde= rstanding is that the missing size class is =0Athose in their first year of= growth, and that they're aquatic, live =0Aamong aquatic vegetation, and=A0= don't bask much, and so aren't seen.=0A=0Afred.=0A------------------------= ------------------------------------=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Frederick W. Sch= ueler & Aleta Karstad=0ADaily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blog= spot.com/=0AVulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/=0A= =A0 =A0 study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0=0A=A0 on the Smiths Fa= lls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W=0A=A0 =A0 (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at is= tar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/=0A=0A------------------------------------------= ------------------ ---36511695-1969563761-1404081141=:50279 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:10pt"><div><span>Don't know if this may help but I have seen pictur= es of a number of tiny Painted Turtles, about the size of a Toonie, that ha= ve been recently photographed, in a property owners pond (Truro area), the = pond being there for at least 10 years. </span></div><div style=3D"color: r= gb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, = Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; backgrou= nd-color: transparent;"><span>She figures they probably could be from last = years hatch.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; f= ont-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><spa= n>Love the conversations on this list!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial= , Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; backgr= ound-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Luci= da Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-c= olor: transparent;"><span>Gayle MacLean</span></div><div style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, L= ucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; backgroun= d-color: transparent;"><span>Dartmouth</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb= (0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lu= cida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background= -color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-col= or: transparent;"><span><br></span></div> <div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br>= <br></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <div style= =3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Gr= ande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNe= ue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Sunday, June= 29, 2014 4:36:29 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote:<br> </fo= nt> </div> <br><br> <div class=3D"y_msg_container">On 6/28/2014 8:23 PM, D= avid & Alison Webster wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">>&= nbsp; Were most size classes represented ? (~2"-8")<br clear= =3D"none">> One curious feature that someone may kno= w is the habits of recently<br clear=3D"none">> hatched Painted Turtles.= I think I have never seen one with a shell less than 2" (5<div class=3D"yqt53883503= 78" id=3D"yqtfd49150"><br clear=3D"none">> cm) long which I think (drawi= ng on memory) is about 4 times the area of<br clear=3D"none">> a newly h= atched one.</div><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">* I think the usual = understanding is that the missing size class is <br clear=3D"none">those in= their first year of growth, and that they're aquatic, live <br clear=3D"no= ne">among aquatic vegetation, and don't bask much, and so aren't seen= .<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">fred.<br clear=3D"none">------------= ------------------------------------------------<br clear=3D"none"> &= nbsp; Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br cle= ar=3D"none">Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogs= pot.com/" target=3D"_blank" shape=3D"rect">http://karstaddailypaintings.blo= gspot.com/</a><br clear=3D"none">Vulnerable Watersheds - <a href=3D"http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/" target=3D"_blank" shape=3D"r= ect">http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/</a><br clear=3D"none"> &nbs= p; study our books - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm" target= =3D"_blank" shape=3D"rect">http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm</a><br clear= =3D"none"> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, C= anada K0G 1T0<br clear=3D"none"> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain= 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br clear=3D"none"> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb= at istar.ca> <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" target=3D"_blank" shape=3D= "rect">http://pinicola.ca/</a><div class=3D"yqt5388350378" id=3D"yqtfd66393= "><br clear=3D"none">------------------------------------------------------= ------<br clear=3D"none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>= </body></html> ---36511695-1969563761-1404081141=:50279--
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