{"id":15578,"date":"2026-03-19T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drdudephotography.com\/?page_id=15578"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:23:32","slug":"eastern-river-cooter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drdudephotography.com\/?page_id=15578","title":{"rendered":"Eastern River Cooter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eastern River Cooter turtle basking on a log.\" class=\"wp-image-15537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drdudephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Eastern-River-Cooter-Fort-Worth-Nature-Preserve-Fort-Worth-TX-March-8-2026-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Eastern River Cooter, Fort Worth Nature Center, Fort Worth, TX, March 8, 2026<br><\/strong><em>Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 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