In this case he was just looking for a nice place to sun tan and dry off. I saw this turtle on Mt Hope Rd. beside Gibson Lake. I was actually quite surprised how little people cared about the turtle driving over top of him instead of driving around him in most cases, he was not harmed but I can imagine not all turtles are so lucky. Anyone who drives along Highway 50 just north of Castlederg Rd. will be familiar with the Turtle Crossing warning sign, perhaps it could be added in other areas in Caledon like at this spot along Mt Hope Rd. I believe this little guy is a Common Snapping Turtle (correct me if I am wrong), they widespread throughout southern and central Ontario however they are found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and as far south as Mexico and Ecuador. While in the wild the lifespan of wild snapping turtles is estimated to be around 30 years (assuming they aren’t run over).

Here is a wild red fox I saw on the way home from work at Mt Pleasant & Castledurg. He had a mouse in his mouth and was walking along Mt. Pleasant for a long while, I followed him for about 1-2 km. I didn’t think I would be able to get a good shot of him as its kind of hard to operate a camera and car at the time but luckily he stopped for a brief moment as we got closer to Castledurg and I was able to snap the above picture. I didn’t even know he had a mouse in his mouth until I loaded the picture up on my computer.

The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore being native to Canada, Alaska, almost all of the contiguous United States, Europe, North Africa and almost all of Asia, including Japan. For more info on Red Fox’s click here.