Texas Sliders: Estero Llano Grande SP World Birding Center

The British have a world for it. Queue. In line. Everyone mostly facing forward. Quiet. Patient. A visit to the boarding gates at any American airport will show that the concept is totally alien to us here in the USA (attempts by Southwest and United not withstanding). We do not queue, but turtles apparently do…at least in the ponds at Estero Llano Grande State Park World Birding Center. They seem, given the right log, to be pretty good at it. 🙂 I am not sure what the behavioral benefit is for the turtles, but as you see, it is an activity enjoyed by both young and old. Mostly Texas Sliders though. The Texas Softshells, though they used the same logs, did not participate in the queues. Go figure.

Sony HX400V at 1200mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1/500th @ ISO 250 @ f6.3. Processed in Lightroom on my Lenovo Miix Windows tablet.