[NatureNS] ( Sat ) Leatherback Turtle/East Hants

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:02:12 -0300
From: Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com>
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Leatherback just reported dead, off to AVC I would presume for necropsy.
Sad :(

Helene

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Helene Van Doninck <
helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oops, meant to say no jellies in the shubie river, apparently these guys
> regularly feed in Cobequid bay...
> Last communication with sea turtle people was that they were going to try
> again at low tide tonight if they could find it.
> On Aug 18, 2012 10:05 PM, "Laurie Murison" <gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>> **
>> There are actually many jellies and comb jellies (turtle food) in the BOF
>> but I suspect not up the Shubenacadie River.  We have had several sightings
>> of leatherbacks in the last few weeks with one trapped in a herring
>> weir but released.  I was talking to a fisherman who saw a leatherback
>> south of Grand Manan in May with a big jelly in its mouth.
>>
>> Hopefully this turtle will be redirected back into deeper water and back
>> out to the Bay.
>>
>> Laurie Murison
>> Grand Manan, NB
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com>
>> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 18, 2012 9:31 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] ( Sat ) Leatherback Turtle/East Hants
>>
>> 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
>>>>>&