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quote=22 style=3D=22margin=3A0 0 0 =2E8ex=3Bborder-left=3A1px =23ccc sol= --001a1133e95aa5514104e06591a8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Angela, yes, they are still considered vulnerable and it was dead on arrival :( Just emailing DNR now to let them know . Yes, hard to say what would happen to the babies, all depends on which direction they move/time of day etc when they hatch. Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabi= litation-Centre/134671693239334> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:53 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote= : > Hi There. > > I knew that transporting the eggs to another site them was not the most > desirable idea. > > It wasn't the adult turtle I was thinking of. There was a group of people > who stayed away but kept a watchful eye while she was laying the eggs and > gave the cars plenty of warning. > > I was more worried about the babies when they hatch. > > Sorry to hear of the wood turtle demise. Are they still on the radar as > being vulnerable/at risk/of concern etc? > > Angela in Windsor > > > > > On 06/30/13, *Helene Van Doninck * <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote: > > We've gotten lots, like 15-20 calls, about snapping turtles laying eggs > right at the roadside in the past 2 weeks, from all over ns. If she chose > that spot, I'm inclined to leave them be. One gentleman actually stayed t= il > she was finished burying them...ready to help her if she ventured onto th= e > rd, but she didn't. > > That being said ,I'm currently waiting for what sounds like a DOA wood > turtle from a vehicle collision :(. > Lots of turtle calls this year. > Helene > On Jun 30, 2013 4:16 PM, "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > wrote: > >> 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 si= te, >> they might even do OK there, considering for one thing that raccoons wou= ld >> 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, f= or >> transportation, and then to where? I think Oak Lawn Farm in Aylesford i= s >> 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 fr= om >> 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 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... >> Last Sunday I found some loose turtle eggs, resembling miniature >> ping-pong balls, underwater in Hants County=92s Herbert River... >> Dusan Soudek >> >> *From:* AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> >> *Sent:* Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:08 PM >> *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Turlte nesting site #2 >> >> I had just posted a question about DNR relocating turtle eggs from a >> road. >> >> My friend just let me know that someone has made contact with the 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 in a >> nest butting against the side of the pavement on a road. ( in her >> subdivision ) >> >> Does anyone know if DNR would relocate them? >> >> Thanks >> 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 --001a1133e95aa5514104e06591a8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Angela, yes, they are still considered vulnerable and i= t was dead on arrival :( Just emailing DNR now to let them know .=A0<div><b= r></div><div>Yes, hard to say what would happen to the babies, all depends = on which direction they move/time of day etc when they hatch.=A0</div> <div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div>Helene</div></div></div><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Helene Van Doni= nck DVM<br>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0= N1C0<br> 902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bi= rdvet@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">= www.cwrc.net</a><div><div>Find us on <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/pa= ges/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334" target=3D"_bla= nk">Facebook</a>=A0and <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife" targ= et=3D"_blank">Twitter</a></div> </div></div></div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:53 PM, AngelaJ= oudrey <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca" targe= t=3D"_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pa= dding-left:1ex"> Hi There.<br><br>I knew that transporting the eggs to another site=A0 them = was not the most desirable idea.<br><br>It wasn't the adult turtle I wa= s thinking of. There was a group of people who stayed away but kept a watch= ful eye while she was laying the eggs and gave the cars plenty of warning.<= br> <br>I was more worried about the babies when they hatch.<br><br>Sorry to he= ar of the wood turtle demise. Are they still on the radar as being vulnerab= le/at risk/of concern etc?<br><br>Angela in Windsor<div><div class=3D"h5"> <br><br><br><br><span>On 06/30/13, <b>Helene Van Doninck </b> <<a href= =3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">helene.birdvet@gmail= .com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote style=3D"border-left:1px solid #00f;p= adding-left:13px;margin-left:0" type=3D"cite"> <div><p>We've gotten lots, like 15-20 calls, about snapping turtles lay= ing eggs right at the roadside in the past 2 weeks, from all over ns. If sh= e chose that spot, I'm inclined to leave them be. One gentleman actuall= y stayed til she was finished burying them...ready to help her if she ventu= red onto the rd, but she didn't. </p> <p>That being said ,I'm currently waiting for what sounds like a DOA wo= od turtle from a vehicle collision :(.<br> Lots of turtle calls this year. <br> Helene</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jun 30, 2013 4:16 PM, "James W. Wolford&= quot; <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwo= lford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> Angela, I'm not sure why you were so concerned about that snapping turt= le nest. =A0If the eggs were indeed buried, even if it's an unusual sit= e, they might even do OK there, considering for one thing that raccoons wou= ld not be "on" to that particular site as an annual site for gett= ing turtle eggs. =A0And relocating turtle eggs is, I think, not an easy tas= k -- don't they have to be kept in the same orientation as they were in= the nest, for transportation, and then to where? =A0I think Oak Lawn Farm = in Aylesford is used to incubating eggs of Blanding's and wood turtles,= so that might be a possibility. =A0Perhaps John Gilhen can add to this dis= cussion? =A0Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br> <div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><= div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:= 0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12= .0px Helvetica"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" sty= le=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">Dusan Soudek <<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.= sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font></div= > <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" st= yle=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 color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" styl= e=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" targ= et=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica"><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 color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica"><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= " target=3D"_blank">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-size= :12pt;font-family:'Calibri'"> <div>=A0=A0 I suspect that, with the = recent heavy rainfall,=A0 many of this year=92s turtle nests have been drow= ned 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 un= paved shoulders of roads, may be faring better...</div> <div>=A0=A0 Last Sunday I found some loose turtle eggs, resembling miniatu= re ping-pong balls, underwater in Hants County=92s Herbert River...</div> <= div>=A0=A0 Dusan Soudek</div> <div style=3D"font-size:small;font-style:norm= al;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-w= eight:normal"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt tahoma"> <div><br></div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND:= #f5f5f5"> <div><b>From:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca" target= =3D"_blank">AngelaJoudrey</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 30, 201= 3 12:08 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blan= k">naturens</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Turlte nesting site = #2</div></div></div> <div><br></div></div> <div style=3D"font-size:small;fo= nt-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:= inline;font-weight:normal"> I had just posted a question about DNR relocating turtle eggs from a road.<= br><br>My friend just let me know that someone has made contact with the Mu= seum of Natural History and someone was going to come help.<br><br>Phew!<br= > <br>Angela in Windsor<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div><blo= ckquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-= bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size= =3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><b>From:= =A0</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal norm= al normal 12px/normal Helvetica">AngelaJoudrey <<a href=3D"mailto:aljoud= rey@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>></font></di= v> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:n= ormal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><b>Date:=A0</b></font><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/normal He= lvetica">June 30, 2013 12:04:56 PM ADT</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:n= ormal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><b>To:=A0</b></font><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/normal He= lvetica">naturens <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"= _blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:n= ormal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><b>Subject:=A0</b></font><font f= ace=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/normal= Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Snapping turtle nesting site</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:n= ormal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><b>Reply-To:=A0</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/norma= l Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">n= aturens@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>A friend of mine witnessed a snapping turtl= e actually laying eggs in a nest butting against the side of the pavement o= n a road. ( in her subdivision )<br> <br>Does anyone know if DNR would relocate them?<br><br>Thanks<br>Angela in= Windsor</blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div></div>--<br>"The significant problems of our = time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."= ;<br>Albert Einstein<br><br>"When one tugs at a single thing in nature= , he finds it attached to the rest of the world."<br> John Muir </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a1133e95aa5514104e06591a8--
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