We thought it would be appropriate to record what we found from a statistical aspect from this year's patrols. Clarence as the scientist has all of the details of what happened on most of our days. So here is the summary.
Snapping turtles
4 nests, 7 dead babies, 8 baby Snappers saved!
We also found many predated nests. We had 9 in my area and in the third major spot that we attended on November 9, had 35. We need to do something to minimize the destruction of nests next year.
We are definitely looking forward to 2017 and hoping to find more baby snappers and more nests. We are planning to construct some nest "protectors" but our issue is that our areas are very public with a lot of both foot and ATV traffic. We are hoping next year perhaps we can connect with some private land owners and get the protector to them to aid in the successful hatching of our Snapping Turtles.
Take some time and put a little wild in your life, it will do you good!
Until next year,
Clarence and Turbo
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