frozenfire
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It's that time of year again. Female turtles will haul themselves out of the water and make a sometimes long and dangerous journey to find suitable nesting locations.
Unfortunately with the increasing development of roads, lots of habitat is destroyed in the process. Lots of turtles will seek warmer sandy areas to deposit eggs. Because roads are often situated higher and shoulders are composed of gravel and sand, they will heat up faster with more sunlight hitting them directly, making these locations favourable to the female turtles.
I've already seen a few casualties.
Please drive with caution as some will actually be on the road either crossing or in the process of laying eggs right on the edge between asphalt and the shoulder.
They will come out usually during the evening and morning hours.
These turtles that are at risk are the ones that do all the contribution to the population.
Most common species to be seen in our area are the midland painted turtle, common snapping turtle, and the blanding's turtle.
Here are some pics of some turtle sightings during my last shore fishing trip earlier this week before the cruddy weather hit us.
This painted turtle had no where to deposit eggs, so just selected a grassy area right by a small road with cars zooming past.
This male snapper was just cruising around looking for food while everyone was fishing.
Unfortunately with the increasing development of roads, lots of habitat is destroyed in the process. Lots of turtles will seek warmer sandy areas to deposit eggs. Because roads are often situated higher and shoulders are composed of gravel and sand, they will heat up faster with more sunlight hitting them directly, making these locations favourable to the female turtles.
I've already seen a few casualties.
Please drive with caution as some will actually be on the road either crossing or in the process of laying eggs right on the edge between asphalt and the shoulder.
They will come out usually during the evening and morning hours.
These turtles that are at risk are the ones that do all the contribution to the population.
Most common species to be seen in our area are the midland painted turtle, common snapping turtle, and the blanding's turtle.
Here are some pics of some turtle sightings during my last shore fishing trip earlier this week before the cruddy weather hit us.
This painted turtle had no where to deposit eggs, so just selected a grassy area right by a small road with cars zooming past.
This male snapper was just cruising around looking for food while everyone was fishing.
