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turtle nesting season

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Saving Turtles, One Egg at a Time

  • July 20, 2021
  • by David Seburn
Protecting a turtle’s nest is an investment in the future. Each protected nest represents turtles that may reach adulthood 10 or even 20 years into the future. Each unprotected nest…
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turtle eggs for incubator
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We’ve Got Turtle Eggs!

  • July 27, 2018
  • by Hannah Delion
Turtles face many threats, including habitat loss, traffic mortality, and nest predation. Many predators, such as raccoons and skunks like nothing more than to feed on some freshly laid turtle…
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© Brandon Holden
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Dead on the Road

  • September 25, 2017
  • by David Seburn
Road mortality is a major threat to turtles for a number of reasons. Turtles can take up to 20 years to reach maturity and be able to breed, and once…
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Painted Turtle Hatchling © Tegan Cloes
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My First Day on the Job Helping At-risk Turtles

  • August 24, 2017
  • by Tegan Cloes
I woke up early with excitement on the morning of June 15th, 2017, because it was my first day working at Scales Nature Park. I didn’t know what my official…
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© David Seburn
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Build it and they will hatch

  • July 3, 2017
  • by David Seburn
Every June female turtles leave their homes in swamps and marshes to lay their eggs. A turtle “nest” is a fairly simple affair: the female digs a hole in the…
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Why did the turtle cross the road?

  • June 13, 2017
  • by Brittany Quesnel
The answer to this play-on-words is far from a children’s joke. Turtles often use a variety of wetlands over the course of the year. They may spend the winter in…
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