Spiny Softshells

They look like pancakes with feet. They’re skittish and never allow me to get close enough for good photos. There were several on logs along the Fox River at Moraine Hills State Park on a sunny afternoon in September. In the top photo, a Painted Turtle shares the log.

Spiny Softshells and Painted Turtles — Fox River, Moraine Hills State Park — September, 2008

Spiny Softshell — Fox River, Moraine Hills State Park — September, 2008

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