The pond was quiet and clear today, after a rain shower overnight. We could see to the mud, sand, and rocks on the bottom.
A Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta was very visible in the water, looking for lunch. Painted turtles feed mainly on aquatic vegetation, algae, small water insects, dragonfly larvae, crustaceans, plants like water lily or duckweed, and sometimes dead or injured fish.
When this turtle bumped into a floating mass of algae or plant matter, it was lunch time!
