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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------------------------------------------=
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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,=
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 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 &lt;bckcdb@istar.ca&gt; wrote:<br> </fo=
nt> </div>  <br><br> <div class=3D"y_msg_container">On 6/28/2014 8:23 PM, D=
avid &amp; Alison Webster wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">&gt;&=
nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Were most size classes represented ? (~2"-8")<br clear=
=3D"none">&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; One curious feature that someone may kno=
w is the habits of recently<br clear=3D"none">&gt; hatched Painted Turtles.=
 I think I have
 never seen one with a shell less than 2"&nbsp; (5<div class=3D"yqt53883503=
78" id=3D"yqtfd49150"><br clear=3D"none">&gt; cm) long which I think (drawi=
ng on memory) is about 4 times the area of<br clear=3D"none">&gt; 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&nbsp; 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; &=
nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Frederick W. Schueler &amp; 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">&nbsp; &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">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, C=
anada K0G 1T0<br clear=3D"none">&nbsp;  on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain=
 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br clear=3D"none">&nbsp; &nbsp; (613)258-3107 &lt;bckcdb=
 at istar.ca&gt; <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>=
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