[Magdalen] Swan Lake.

[cantor03 at aol.com]

An attractive summer feature of the Upper Midwest is the very colorful subspecies ofthe common painted turtle.  The same species lives here in Pennsylvania, but thecolors are less vivid.

David Strang
In a message dated 10/3/2019 1:30:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:

And snapping turtles has survived since prehistoric times.  Will theysurvive us?  Same goes for all the other turtles, fresh and salt water.  Wealways side with the birds and other creatures that appeal to our own ideasof beauty.