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--Apple-Mail-10--824728318 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Angela, I'm not sure why you were so concerned about that snapping =20 turtle nest. If the eggs were indeed buried, even if it's an unusual =20= site, they might even do OK there, considering for one thing that =20 raccoons would not be "on" to that particular site as an annual site =20 for getting turtle eggs. And relocating turtle eggs is, I think, not =20= an easy task -- don't they have to be kept in the same orientation as =20= they were in the nest, for transportation, and then to where? I =20 think Oak Lawn Farm in Aylesford is used to incubating eggs of =20 Blanding's and wood turtles, so that might be a possibility. Perhaps =20= John Gilhen can add to this discussion? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: June 30, 2013 1:29:21 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Turlte nesting site #2 > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I suspect that, with the recent heavy rainfall, many of this =20 > year=92s turtle nests have been drowned or washed out. Our rivers and =20= > lakes are unseasonably high right now (as they were after the =20 > passage of post-tropical storm Andrea) and the beaches and sandbars =20= > are flooded. Turtle nests on artificial sites, such as the unpaved =20 > shoulders of roads, may be faring better... > Last Sunday I found some loose turtle eggs, resembling miniature =20= > ping-pong balls, underwater in Hants County=92s Herbert River... > Dusan Soudek > > From: AngelaJoudrey > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:08 PM > To: naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] Turlte nesting site #2 > > I had just posted a question about DNR relocating turtle eggs from =20 > a road. > > My friend just let me know that someone has made contact with the =20 > Museum of Natural History and someone was going to come help. > > Phew! > > Angela in Windsor > From: AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 30, 2013 12:04:56 PM ADT > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Snapping turtle nesting site > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > A friend of mine witnessed a snapping turtle actually laying eggs =20 > in a nest butting against the side of the pavement on a road. ( in =20 > her subdivision ) > > Does anyone know if DNR would relocate them? > > Thanks > Angela in Windsor --Apple-Mail-10--824728318 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Angela, I'm not sure why you were so concerned about that snapping = turtle nest. If the eggs were indeed buried, even if it's an = unusual site, they might even do OK there, considering for one thing = that raccoons would not be "on" to that particular site as an annual = site for getting turtle eggs. And relocating turtle eggs is, I = think, not an easy task -- don't they have to be kept in the same = orientation as they were in the nest, for transportation, and then to = where? I think Oak Lawn Farm in Aylesford is used to incubating = eggs of Blanding's and wood turtles, so that might be a possibility. = Perhaps John Gilhen can add to this discussion? 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">Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></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">June 30, 2013 1:29:21 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] Turlte nesting site = #2</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> <div dir=3D"ltr"> = <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> = <div> I suspect that, with the recent heavy rainfall, = many of this year=92s turtle nests have been drowned or washed out. Our = rivers and lakes are unseasonably high right now (as they were after the = passage of post-tropical storm Andrea) and the beaches and sandbars are = flooded. Turtle nests on artificial sites, such as the unpaved shoulders = of roads, may be faring better...</div> <div> Last Sunday I = found some loose turtle eggs, resembling miniature ping-pong balls, = underwater in Hants County=92s Herbert River...</div> <div> = Dusan Soudek</div> <div style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; = FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: = normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> = <div> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div = style=3D"f