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Turtle Talk 3 – It’s Nesting Time!

by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Sep 7, 2016 | Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle, Western Painted Turtle

In this video, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s biologists in the field tell you all about nesting behaviour, protection, and what you can do to...

The Hatchers Are Here!

by christina | Jul 29, 2015 | Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle

We are proud to announce that after countle ss hours, hundreds of nests, and thousands of eggs, nesting season here in Southern Ontario has come to a close. But as they always say; when one door closes, another one opens; and that is exactly what happened. Before we...

We’re Back!

by christina | May 29, 2015 | Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle

It has been an eventful first few weeks out in the marsh searching for the first hard and shiny (or mossy or leech-covered) shells of the 2015 turtling season. Along with these little fellas, I am thrilled to be back waist deep in the muck of the marsh, as is Xiaotian...

April showers bring May reptiles…

by christina | May 26, 2015 | Eastern Foxsnake, Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle

I can’t believe it’s nearly June already – this spring has rushed past me at top speed! My 2015 field team has been chasing turtles and snakes since the beginning of May, and 2015 is already a productive and exciting year for us. For now, I’d...

What a month that was!

by christina | Jul 28, 2014 | Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle

— by Juliana Skuza After long, wonderful, but exhausting nesting season, I have had some time to reflect on the importance of what we are trying to accomplish. Looking back through the data we have collected so far, it becomes obvious why projects such as the...

eggs, eggs, eggs!!

by christina | Jul 4, 2014 | Freshwater Turtles, Snapping Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Spotted Turtle

A snapping turtle lays her eggs into the nest she has carefully dug out to hold them…This has been a weird year for nesting turtles – first nesting was very slow to begin, thanks to the extremely long, cold winter, and once it did start it stayed slow....
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