#painted turtles

[pacogabby]

Painted turtles bask in the first days of warm sunlight at Farmington Bay, Utah.

[geopsych]

I saw some painted turtles basking on logs yesterday and thought, that could be the last time I see any until spring. It's true October can get hot and if I get out to the lake I might see a few more but we're getting near the end so I said thanks and goodbye just in case.

[peettey]

Bahh bahh bahh bahhh bahhh

yadda yadda yadda yadda

no no nonono

[starathsbunker]

Going out into the big wide world.

[antiqueanimals]

The True Book of Pets. Written by Illa Podendorf. Illustrated by Bill Armstrong. 1954.

[herptilesandher]

Happy World Animal Day!

[capecodadventurepictures]

Painted Turtles in Sandwich 05/29/24

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[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

My staff pick this week is a volume from the Childcraft series from W.F. Quarrie & Company. This is volume 14 of 14, and it focuses on Science and Industry. The W.F. Quarrie Company was also the publisher of the World Book Encyclopedia from 1919-1945, but that’s about all I could find out about the company. 

The series is meant to be educational and fun for children, with other volumes featuring subjects like “Experience Stories and Animal Friends” and “Art and Music.” Unfortunately, we only have volume 14, but it is plenty cute and full of great pictures and illustrations. Today I’ve chosen to focus on the science half of science and industry and the color illustrations of fish, frogs, and turtles. The fish shown here are Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus), engaged in various fishy activities, including stealing worms off a fisher’s hook! The frogs are Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens) and are shown here as eggs, tadpoles, and adult frogs, one of which can be seen eating a mouse! The turtles are Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), shown in the center “at their favorite sport, lazily basking on a waterlogged tree trunk.” 

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager