Bird Watching: Black swan and cygnets at local lake, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
cpartschick, you're so right. I've picked up a couple of our turtles up over the years and I haven't been able to get the smell off my hands for 24 hours. You'd have to be desperate to eat them. The snappers must have something pretty potent to have made you sick. I see what you mean when you said their claws were as big as your fingers. What are the painted turtles like?

dragonfly62. Wow, great shots! Swamp monster is a good description. Any more? They are so clearly carnivorous.

Image is of same immature Black Swan we rehabilitated.