Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Turtles Tussling

Two Western Pond Turtles slowly approached each other in the middle of a pond, when they met there was a quick splashing confrontation then they surfaced and swam away from each other. Was this a male/female interaction or maybe two males establishing dominance and jostling for resources in an ever shrinking territory? (Click image for larger versions)

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