Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in June 2017 – Turtles

We saw two turtles on our visit to Kenilworth Gardens last week. They were sunning themselves on the same log sticking up from the muck of one of the water lily ponds. At first, I thought they were the same kind of turtle.

But then I took a closer look by increasing the zoom of my camera. The markings on their heads were not the same.

The larger one had a lot of red along the side but the shell was covered with gunk from the water. It probably was a Northern Red-bellied cooter.

The smaller turtle had a dark shell – even on the sides. There was a little red on the neck. Not sure what kind of turtle it was....maybe a juvenile so didn't have all the adult markings yet.