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2.0px Helvetica This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_4U8piuZHjFMBbOCMgOWShw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi There=2E I knew that transporting the eggs to another site them was not the most = desirable idea=2E It wasn=27t the adult turtle I was thinking of=2E There was a group of p= eople who stayed away but kept a watchful eye while she was laying the e= ggs and gave the cars plenty of warning=2E I was more worried about the babies when they hatch=2E Sorry to hear of the wood turtle demise=2E Are they still on the radar a= s being vulnerable/at risk/of concern etc=3F Angela in Windsor On 06/30/13=2C Helene Van Doninck =3Chelene=2Ebirdvet=40gmail=2Ecom=3E = wrote=3A =3E = =3E We=27ve gotten lots=2C like 15-20 calls=2C about snapping turtles la= ying eggs right at the roadside in the past 2 weeks=2C from all over ns=2E= If she chose that spot=2C I=27m inclined to leave them be=2E One gentle= man actually stayed til she was finished burying them=2E=2E=2Eready to h= elp her if she ventured onto the rd=2C but she didn=27t=2E = =3E = =3E That being said =2CI=27m currently waiting for what sounds like a DO= A wood turtle from a vehicle collision =3A(=2E =3E = =3E Lots of turtle calls this year=2E = =3E = =3E Helene =3E On Jun 30=2C 2013 4=3A16 PM=2C =22James W=2E Wolford=22 =3Cjimwolfo= rd=40eastlink=2Eca=3E wrote=3A =3E = =3E =3E Angela=2C I=27m not sure why you were so concerned about that = snapping turtle nest=2E If the eggs were indeed buried=2C even if it=27s= an unusual site=2C they might even do OK there=2C considering for one t= hing that raccoons would not be =22on=22 to that particular site as an a= nnual site for getting turtle eggs=2E And relocating turtle eggs is=2C I= think=2C not an easy task -- don=27t they have to be kept in the same o= rientation as they were in the nest=2C for transportation=2C and then to= where=3F I think Oak Lawn Farm in Aylesford is used to incubating eggs = of Blanding=27s and wood turtles=2C so that might be a possibility=2E Pe= rhaps John Gilhen can add to this discussion=3F Cheers from Jim in Wolfv= ille=2E =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Begin forwarded message=3A =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E From=3A Dusan Soudek =3Csoudekd=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E =3E =3E =3E Date=3A June 30=2C 2013 1=3A29=3A21 PM ADT =3E =3E =3E To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E =3E Subject=3A Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Turlte nesting site =232 =3E =3E =3E Reply-To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E I suspect that=2C with the recent heavy rainfall=2C many= of this year=92s turtle nests have been drowned or washed out=2E Our ri= vers and lakes are unseasonably high right now (as they were after the p= assage of post-tropical storm Andrea) and the beaches and sandbars are f= looded=2E Turtle nests on artificial sites=2C such as the unpaved should= ers of roads=2C may be faring better=2E=2E=2E =3E =3E =3E Last Sunday I found some loose turtle eggs=2C resembling m= iniature ping-pong balls=2C underwater in Hants County=92s Herbert River= =2E=2E=2E =3E =3E =3E Dusan Soudek =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E From=3A AngelaJoudrey =3Caljoudrey=40eastlink=2Eca=3E = =3E =3E =3E Sent=3A Sunday=2C June 30=2C 2013 12=3A08 PM =3E =3E =3E To=3A naturens =3Cnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=3E = =3E =3E =3E Subject=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Turlte nesting site =232 =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E I had just posted a question about DNR relocating turtle e= ggs from a road=2E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E My friend just let me know that someone has made contact wit= h the Museum of Natural History and someone was going to come help=2E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Phew! =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Angela in Windsor =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E From=3A AngelaJoudrey =3Caljoudrey=40eastlink=2Eca=3E =3E =3E =3E Date=3A June 30=2C 2013 12=3A04=3A56 PM ADT =3E =3E =3E To=3A naturens =3Cnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=3E =3E =3E =3E Subject=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Snapping turtle nesting site =3E =3E =3E Reply-To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E A friend of mine witnessed a snapping turtle actually laying= eggs in a nest butting against the side of the pavement on a road=2E ( = in her subdivision ) =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Does anyone know if DNR would relocate them=3F =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Thanks =3E =3E =3E Angela in Windsor =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = -- =22The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same lev= el of thinking that created them=2E=22 Albert Einstein =22When one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to = the rest of the world=2E=22 John Muir --Boundary_(ID_4U8piuZHjFMBbOCMgOWShw) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi There=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI knew that transporting the eggs to anot= her site=A0 them was not the most desirable idea=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI= t wasn=27t the adult turtle I was thinking of=2E There was a group of pe= ople who stayed away but kept a watchful eye while she was laying the eg= gs and gave the cars plenty of warning=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI was more = worried about the babies when they hatch=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3ESorry to = hear of the wood turtle demise=2E Are they still on the radar as being v= ulnerable/at risk/of concern etc=3F=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EAngela in Windsor= =3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 06/30/13=2C =3Cb cl= ass=3D=22name=22=3EHelene Van Doninck =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bhelene=2Ebirdvet=40= gmail=2Ecom=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3ACAA= 6vO3qFNuAyeZOtJcrp5DAJh52YxeHut1G5-OkB37UW+kagag=40mail=2Egmail=2Ecom=22= class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid =2300F=3B pa= dding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv = class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E=3Cp=3EWe=27ve gotten lots=2C like 15= -20 calls=2C about snapping turtles laying eggs right at the roadside in= the past 2 weeks=2C from all over ns=2E If she chose that spot=2C I=27m= inclined to leave them be=2E One gentleman actually stayed til she was = finished burying them=2E=2E=2Eready to help her if she ventured onto the= rd=2C but she didn=27t=2E =3C/p=3E =3Cp=3EThat being said =2CI=27m currently waiting for what sounds like a= DOA wood turtle from a vehicle collision =3A(=2E=3Cbr /=3E Lots of turtle calls this year=2E =3Cbr /=3E Helene=3C/p=3E =3Cdiv class=3D=22gmail=5Fquote=22=3EOn Jun 30=2C 2013 4=3A16 PM=2C =26q= uot=3BJames W=2E Wolford=26quot=3B =26lt=3B=3Ca href=3D=22mailto=3Ajimwo= lford=40eastlink=2Eca=22=3Ejimwolford=40eastlink=2Eca=3C/a=3E=26gt=3B wr= ote=3A=3Cbr type=3D=22attribution=22 /=3E=3Cblockquote class=3D=22gmail=5F= quote=22 style=3D=22margin=3A0 0 0 =2E8ex=3Bborder-left=3A1px =23ccc sol=