The sunset was exceptional so I went to the pond to take reflection pictures (what a shock) and just as I walked up on the berm that gigantic turtle dived to the bottom of the pond. This must be its home and it must have been living here for a long time, or at least a few years.
Anyway, I was so excited that it is a water turtle, I told Bill. He said, "well, I'll start watching and shoot it as soon as I see it." I asked him, "why", and he said, "it eats the fish."
Well so what. Cranes and the other water birds eat them all the time and he thinks that is great. In fact, everything eats them but us.
Don't shoot the turtle.