[NatureNS] ( Sat ) Leatherback Turtle/East Hants

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Update, it beached again at low tide this afternoon and by the time people
 found it/got there the tide came in again...and it's off again. I hope
they find it again next low tide as there's no food for it in the bay of
fundy.I have a feeling this isn't going to end well :(

Helene

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Helene Van Doninck <
helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Chronicle Herald Story today
>
>
> http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/127581-endangered-reptile-spotted-in-shubenacadie-river
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Helene Van Doninck <
> helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep, someone called here with the sighting and we told them to contact
>> the Sea Turtle people, apparently they are either there or on the way.
>>
>> Helene
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:01 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Thanks Helene for the update.
>>>
>>> I see on the East Hants fb page that there was a sighting again around 2
>>> pm and folks were heading out.
>>>
>>> Fingers crossed.
>>>
>>> |Angela in Windsor
>>>
>>> On 08/18/12, *Helene Van Doninck * <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Angela, someone posted  that DFO said the tide took him out to
>>> sea..which I'm not sure I believe. One would think the incoming tide might
>>> push him in further( of course followed by outgoing tide). In either case
>>> if it's still in the Bay of Fundy that far in , not much food for it. I was
>>> talking to the Leatherback people at Dal and their main researcher was in
>>> Cape Breton but was driving up to see if they could spot it. I also called
>>> a few of the river rafting groups to ask them to keep an eye out as I
>>> imagine if it beaches again it will be at low tide. I haven't heard
>>> anything since yesterday and told the Dal people I would be willing to help
>>> if it beached again ( not that I can do much being that my experience with
>>> leatherbacks is ummm zero :).
>>>
>>> Also had several people who know the area to go check and havent heard
>>> anything, still not sure who took the original picture and what time it was
>>> taken.
>>>
>>> FYI, the # for leatherback sightings is:
>>>  1-888-729-4667.
>>> Helene
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:53 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know if they were able to locate it? By following the posts on
>>>> the fb page, the last I saw was that there were no sightings...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Angela
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/17/12, *Helene Van Doninck * <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I Just contacted the leatherback people at Dal, they are going to
>>>> investigate and hoping to send DFO to help get it back in the water if
>>>> still alive.
>>>>
>>>> Helene
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Christopher Majka <
>>>> c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Angela,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, a leatherback turtle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17-Aug-12, at 9:43 AM, AngelaJoudrey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On the facebook page for Municipality of East Hants Department of
>>>>> Recreation & Culture <https://www.facebook.com/recreation.weliveit>which I was ablet o fully see without 'being friends' is a pic of a what I
>>>>> think is a leatherback turtle? found on the  Shube River near Rines Creek.
>>>>>
>>>>> Angela in Windsor
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same
>>>>> level of thinking that created them."
>>>>> Albert Einstein
>>>>>
>>>>> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to
>>>>> the rest of the world."
>>>>> John Muir
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova
>>>>> Scotia, Canada
>>>>>
>>>>> * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum |
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>>>>>
>>>>> *Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old
>>>>> war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.*- Charles Darwin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Helene Van Doninck DVM
>>>> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
>>>> RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
>>>> 902-893-0253
>>>> birdvet@hotmail.com
>>>> www.cwrc.net
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>>
>>>> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same
>>>> level of thinking that created them."
>>>> Albert Einstein
>>>>
>>>> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
>>>> rest of the world."
>>>> John Muir
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Helene Van Doninck DVM
>>> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
>>> RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
>>&