Animals

1 Foraging Musk Turtle

I took a break from watching wood ducks and followed a musk turtle around as it foraged in the murky silt in the shallow water. It was right under me as I stood on the pier. From time to time the cute little stinkpot would surface to check me out.
Eastern Musk Turtle "stinkpot" (Sternotherus odoratus)

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