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--Boundary_(ID_ZsyUeTdbH9kTrC0uofWLeg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Any orange marking seen would probably nail it down to NOT a painted =20 turtle but very probably a RED-EARED SLIDER or RED-EARED TURTLE, a =20 formerly commonly sold pet-store item (tiny green babies) butr a =20 species that belongs further south in the eastern U.S. Releases of =20 former pet turtles are of course illegal but difficult to enforce, =20 and such is thought to be also important for our native WOOD TURTLE, =20 so that where they turn up does not necessarily reflect their natural =20= range. Thanks for your reports, Gayle, and hopefully now more people =20= will be on the lookout for more of the alien red-eared sliders -- =20 look them up in the field guides or on the Internet. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> > Date: March 21, 2010 4:06:15 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, =20 > Dartmouth > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Thanks Jim, > > This turtle may certainly be a Red-eared Slider, because it did =20 > have a small orange-red stripe on the side of its head. I guess I =20 > figured it resembled most the examples pictured in John Gilhen's =20 > book, that being the Eastern Painted Turtle. > So, as you say, this could certainly have been somebody's pet at =20 > one time, that was dumped because they couldn't be bothered to look =20= > after it anymore. > > Thank you for the clarification. I sincerely did not even consider =20 > it being a Red-eared Slider, but I do now. > > Cheers > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > > > --- On Sun, 3/21/10, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth > To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, "John Gilhen" =20 > <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca>, "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Received: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 12:23 PM > > Gayle, if there was any orange in the markings on the head, then =20 > indeed it would have been a RED-EARED SLIDER OR TURTLE, which is an =20= > alien species that can turn up anywhere in Nova Scotia and live a =20 > long time, after being discarded or "set free" by previous pet =20 > owners. So if anyone sees this turtle in Sullivan's Pond, please =20 > look carefully at the head stripes, which are all yellow in the =20 > Painted Turtle. > > Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> >> Date: March 20, 2010 9:38:59 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, =20 >> Dartmouth >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> I must admit, I did not consider the Red [Red-eared] Slider =20 >> Turtle, which this turtle in Sullivan's Pond may very well be. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Gayle MacLean >> Dartmouth >> >> --- On Sat, 3/20/10, Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> wrote: >> >> From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, =20 >> Dartmouth >> To: "naturelist" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Received: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 5:58 PM >> >> Apologies if this appears twice. Sent earlier but did not appear. >> >> Today, around 2:30-3PM,on this 1st day of Spring, as I, and my =20 >> Springer Spaniel, 'Dash' took a leisurely 2 hour walk on this =20 >> glorious day, I saw something odd looking, atop a rock, close to =20 >> the island in Sullivan's Pond, that is nearest to Hawthorn St. As =20 >> I did not have my binoculars, I didn't know if it was a piece of =20 >> wood, or what. >> The water level at the pond has recently been lowered, making it =20 >> possible to go onto the island without getting my feet wet. >> So, leashed dog and I, made our way onto the island and ventured =20 >> toward the edge closest to 'that rock'. >> Astonishingly, it was a turtle, sunning itself! >> It is the first time that I have ever seen a turtle at Sullivan's =20 >> Pond! I do know that they have been seen there over the years though. >> I had a good look at this turtle and when I got home, I consulted =20= >> the book, 'Amphibians and Reptiles of Nova Scotia' written by John =20= >> Gilpin, and it appears that this turtle is an Eastern Painted Turtle. >> The fabulous weather, notwithstanding, this sighting 'made my day'! >> >> Gayle MacLean >> Dartmouth >> >> Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk =20 >> email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail >> >> Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet =20= >> Explorer=AE 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! > > > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! --Boundary_(ID_ZsyUeTdbH9kTrC0uofWLeg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Any orange marking seen would probably nail it down to NOT a painted = turtle but very probably a RED-EARED SLIDER or RED-EARED TURTLE, a = formerly commonly sold pet-store item (tiny green babies) butr a species = that belongs further south in the eastern U.S. Releases of former = pet turtles are of course illegal but difficult to enforce, and such is = thought to be also important for our native WOOD TURTLE, so that where = they turn up does not necessarily reflect their natural range. = Thanks for your reports, Gayle, and hopefully now more people will = be on the lookout for more of the alien red-eared sliders -- look them = up in the field guides or on the Internet.<div><br></div><div>Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Gayle MacLean <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 21, 2010 4:06:15 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted = Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td = valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><div>Thanks Jim,</div> = <div> </div> <div>This turtle may certainly be a Red-eared Slider, = because it did have a small <span>orange</span>-red stripe on the side = of its head. I guess I figured it resembled most the examples pictured = in John Gilhen's book, that being the Eastern Painted Turtle.</div> = <div>So, as you say, this could certainly have been = <span>somebody's</span> pet at one time, that was dumped because = they couldn't be bothered to look after it anymore.</div> = <div> </div> <div>Thank you for the clarification. I sincerely did = not even consider it being a Red-eared Slider, but I do = now.</div> <div> </div> <div>Cheers</div> <div> </div> = <div>Gayle MacLean</div> <div>Dartmouth</div> <div> </div> = <div><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 3/21/10, James W. Wolford <i><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></i><= /b> wrote:<br></div> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: James = W. Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br>S= ubject: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, = Dartmouth<br>To: "NatureNS" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = "John Gilhen" <<a = href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca</a>>, "Jim = Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br>R= eceived: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 12:23 PM<br><br> <div = id=3D"yiv1798228192">Gayle, if there was any orange in the markings on = the head, then indeed it would have been a RED-EARED SLIDER OR TURTLE, = which is an alien species that can turn up anywhere in Nova Scotia and = live a long time, after being discarded or "set free" by previous pet = owners. So if anyone sees this turtle in Sullivan's Pond, please = look carefully at the head stripes, which are all yellow in the Painted = Turtle. <div><br></div> <div>Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville<br> <div><br> = <div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: = #000000" face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"><b>From: = </b></font><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3">Gayle MacLean <<a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dduartess2003@yahoo.= ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>></fo= nt></div> <div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><font style=3D"FONT: 12px = Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>Date: </b></font><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">March 20, 2010 9:38:59 PM = <span>ADT</span></font></div> <div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><font = style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=3D"Helvetica" = color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"><b>To: </b></font><font style=3D"FONT: 12px = Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></fo= nt></div> <div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><font style=3D"FONT: 12px = Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- = Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth</b></font></div> <div style=3D"MARGIN: = 0px"><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" = face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3"><a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></fo= nt></div> <div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><br></div> <table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td = valign=3D"top"> <div>I must admit, I did not consider the Red = [Red-eared] Slider Turtle, which this turtle in Sullivan's Pond may very = well be. </div> <div> </div> <div>Sincerely,</div> = <div> </div> <div>Gayle MacLean</div> <div>Dartmouth<br><br>--- On = <b>Sat, 3/20/10, Gayle MacLean <i><<a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dduartess2003@yahoo.= ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>></i>= </b> wrote:<br></div> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: Gayle = MacLean <<a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dduartess2003@yahoo.= ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>><br>= Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Painted Turtle- Sullivan's Pond, = Dartmouth<br>To: "naturelist" <<a = href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>= <br>Received: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 5:58 PM<br><br> <div = id=3D"yiv2118155462"> <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" = border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=3D"top"> <div id=3D"yiv1038990317"> = <div>Apologies if this appears twice. Sent earlier but did not = appear.</div> <div> </div> <div>Today, around 2:30-3PM,on this 1st = day of Spring, as I, and my Springer Spaniel, 'Dash' took a leisurely 2 = hour walk on this glorious day, I saw something odd looking, atop a = rock, close to the island in Sullivan's Pond, that is nearest to = Hawthorn St. As I did not have my binoculars, I didn't know if it was a = piece of wood, or what.</div> <div>The water level at the pond has = recently been lowered, making it possible to go onto the island without = getting my feet wet.</div> <div>So, leashed dog and I, made our way onto = the island and ventured toward the edge closest to 'that rock'.</div> = <div>Astonishingly, it was a turtle, sunning itself!</div> <div>It is = the first time that I have ever seen a turtle at Sullivan's Pond! I do = know that they have been seen there over the years though.</div> <div>I = had a good look at this turtle and when I got home, I consulted = the book, 'Amphibians and Reptiles of Nova Scotia' written by John = Gilpin, and it appears that this turtle is an Eastern Painted = Turtle.</div> <div>The fabulous weather, notwithstanding, this sighting = 'made my day'!</div> <div> </div> <div>Gayle MacLean</div> = <div>Dartmouth</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr size=3D"1"> = Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email = the boot with the <a = href=3D"http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"nofollow"><b>All-new Yahoo! Mail = </b></a></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr size=3D"1"> = Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet = Explorer=AE 8. Optimized for Yahoo! <a = href=3D"http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/" target=3D"_blank"= rel=3D"nofollow"><b>Get it Now for Free! = </b></a></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody>= </table><br> <hr size=3D"1"> Looking for the perfect gift?<a = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/gift/"><b> Give the gift of = Flickr!</b></a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_ZsyUeTdbH9kTrC0uofWLeg)--
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