A Face Only a Mother Could Love

My neighbor called to tell me that a large Florida softshell turtle had emerged from the lake and was headed across her yard.  I grabbed my camera and ran outside.  It was already out of her yard and booking it across the street and through the neighbor's yard.  I had no idea they could be that fast!  It stopped when it saw us, so I could get a couple of pics.  That face . . .  That snorkel nose . . .

We walked back to the water behind our houses and this pretty Yellow-Crowned Night Heron posed for me.  Then, he saw something at the water's edge, grabbed it and almost had it eaten before I could grab some pics.  It happened so fast that I couldn't tell what it was.  It was either a very large bug or a small crab or probably a tree crab.