Along the lower Susquehanna, an unseasonably mild day in early spring can provide an observer with the opportunity to witness an annual spectacle seldom seen by the average visitor to the river—concentrations of dozens, sometimes hundreds, of turtles as they emerge from their winter slumber to bathe in the year’s first surge of warm air and sunshine.
![Snapping Turtle Reptiles of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed: Snapping Turtle](https://www.susquehannawildlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Snapping-Turtle-043-Copy.jpg)
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![Painted Turtles Reptiles of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed: Painted Turtles](https://www.susquehannawildlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Painted-Turtles-031-Copy.jpg)
![Painted Turtle atop a Snapping Turtle Reptiles of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed: Painted Turtle atop a Snapping Turtle](https://www.susquehannawildlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Painted-Turtle-atop-Snapping-Turtle-065-Copy.jpg)
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![Red-eared Slider and Common Map Turtle Reptiles of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed: Red-eared Slider and Common Map Turtle](https://www.susquehannawildlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Red-eared-Slider-and-Common-Map-Turtle-03072022hghsprwrmlybrg-190-Copy.jpg)
![Red-eared Slider and Painted Turtles Reptiles of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed: Red-eared Slider and Painted Turtles](https://www.susquehannawildlife.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Painted-Turtles-and-Red-eared-Slider-Copy.jpg)