Turtle Climbing Out

The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), also known as the red-eared terrapin, is a semiaquatic turtle. It is a subspecies of the pond slider.
It is native to the southern United States and northern Mexico, but has become established in other places because of pet releases,
and has become an invasive species in many areas, where it outcompetes native species.
This one was found climbing onto a rock at Stow Lake to sun himself.
I have never seen SO many turtles here as there are this year - we saw 20 or more bobbing around in the water,
almost like a swarm! Actually not a good thing. There were also some Western Pond Turtles there that I saw.
And of course quite a few on rocks in the sun.
Hard to get an idea of sense of scale from the image - this girl/fella was 8-10 inches long
head to back of shell.