I'd just gotten home from a visit with QA when I noticed this common snapping turtle headed towards my pond from the creek, so I flipped him over and went to find a 5 gallon bucket. He just barely fit, but I managed to get him stuffed in head-first. There was a bit of disagreement about him going in, but he finally saw it my way. Then I hauled him a few miles down the road and put him in a neighbor's pond where nobody will bother him. I don't mind having a snapper in the pond unless I have ducks, and Mrs. Augie thinks she might want to get a couple ducks, so Mr. Snapper had to go.
8/31/19
I traded some plants from my pond for a trap load of northern crayfish from QA's pond. With no bass in the pond right now these guys should have a fighting chance to get a breeding population started. The next day I found one half a mile away in the middle of the road. I guess he was homesick.
Pump shed is boxed in and roofed with recycled barn metal.
9/2/19
Made a little more progress on the pump shed. Ready for paint and door latches.