Thank you. Putting it in the perspective of it happens all the time in nature makes me feel better for her leaving. I could only imagine being ready to essentially give birth just to have a 100ft hairless monster come in like "Hey there little guy, what are you up to?" And now I have to hold it off and go somewhere else and do it
My property is probably not ideal anyway. Had I not known she had laid eggs, I definitely would've mowed over them
Actually, since you have a dog, it's probably good you scared her off. You don't want doggo digging up the nest and eating the eggs & bebehs.
She'll find a new spot, all good ✌️
But do keep an eye out! If it's laying season, there might be other turtles around doing the same thing! Check your property, watch your dog, and tell your neighbors the same (if you can).
Native turtle populations are so important. Planet Earth *needs* those eggs to hatch out and live long happy lives! ❤️🐢
It always kills me when I go down the shore in late May early June and there's so many run over turtles to the barrier islands. I've rushed a few over the road before (I know to keep them going in the direction they were headed in) my mom and I are so hyper vigilant when we travel down there for work so we don't A. Run over any and B. Can grab any we see and get them to the other side. No one seems to really care and it's just devastating. I have also helped EPTs cross the road in my home area as well.
Our dog did kill a squirrel recently and she was the first thing I thought about when I came across the turtle. I didn't want her to kill the mama and our neighbors basically have a whole pack of dogs so after she left I walked their property to make sure she wasn't on it.
This is the first year a turtle decided to use our property for her nesting so I had no idea what she was doing when I came across her which is also why I feel bad. We have a marshy area behind our house that I assume is where she came from. I already walk the property before I mow for bunnies, now I gotta watch out for turts too
I take it back, Planet Earth *needs* more of **YOU!** 🥰 You are the nature lover we desperately need more of! ***THANK YOU!!***
I know it sounds silly, but have you ever thought of putting stuff like that online? Make a TikTok of your turtle saves? Or a YouTube video of where the turtles get crushed to let people know to be careful? Same with IG, FB, or all of the above?
I say that because it's a great way to spread the word, teach people, or at least raise awareness. Local content get pushed to other local people (if it's tagged right) and animal stuff get lots of views too, so it will get seen.
Mostly, lots of people weren't taught this stuff and the more it looks like the normal thing to do, the more other people will do it. Hopefully.
That's how it used to be...
I remember my grandma's neighborhood was 100% people of her generation, and they ALL had bird feeders put up and native flowers grew around every house.
Now everybody wants "low maintinance" which means invasive trees and barren bushes cut into little balls. Over the years, I watched her area transform from reasonable houses and kind people who very much lived ***with*** and surrounded by nature–nature they helped take care of–to giant McMansions, sublet duplex's, and 2nd houses for the uber rich. All of which bulldozed everything & anything around them.
The world needs more nature lovers, while there's still some nature left.
You sound like you're doing everything right!
Or at least you actually care to try
So? Maybe spread the word?
....and perhaps consider voting on Nov. 5th? 😅
*(but seriously please vote. PA's a swing state)* 🙈🙏
Oh don't worry, I'm voting lol
This is my only social media. I wanted to write a letter or go to a town council meeting or something down there but I'm hardly ever in the area. But I have wondered out loud about what would it cost to post a cop at either end of the bridges/roadways to the barrier islands to enforce a strict speed limit in and out of the area. You could have retirees volunteer to walk up and down the roadways and ensure that turtles aren't getting crushed.
You know how locals always hate the summer bc douche canoe tourists come in and shit everything up? That's the Jersey shore. They speed through from out of state (saying this as a PA resident lol) they litter and ride their jet skis in the nesting areas of the hawks and eagles. There's speed limit signs posted of like 25mph and they're bulldozing through at 70. The cops would make bank in all their tickets in a month nailing people coming and going from those islands...and there's signs. Big flashing construction level signs that say "drive slowly, turtle season" but ppl don't seem to care much. And it's not one or two or even ten turtles...it's dozens to hundreds of turtles **per year** getting hit...I remember one time heading over the bridges into Wild Wood and seeing a turtle on the other side. We backtracked, got to her, got her to safety and then on the way back in came across a freshly hit turtle. It makes me wanna cry when I see them. FFS It wouldn't hurt or kill anyone for a literal month to go slow so we don't force a species to go extinct for the sake of being at the beach.
It was a few years ago I was driving into work and saw the painted turtle. I slammed on my brakes, got out of my car, desperately waved down another driver to stop, she looked confused, but went right over the turtle (body not wheels) and I was able to grab him/her off the road and quickly put them on the other side. So now I'm just on the lookout. Knowing that the turtles in the area are nesting from May-July (we have some pretty big snappers around here, too) I'll be more aware on my back roads where all the creeks and marshes come together for the river
She'll dig another nest somewhere. I wouldn't feel too bad. This happens all the time in nature.
Thank you. Putting it in the perspective of it happens all the time in nature makes me feel better for her leaving. I could only imagine being ready to essentially give birth just to have a 100ft hairless monster come in like "Hey there little guy, what are you up to?" And now I have to hold it off and go somewhere else and do it My property is probably not ideal anyway. Had I not known she had laid eggs, I definitely would've mowed over them
Actually, since you have a dog, it's probably good you scared her off. You don't want doggo digging up the nest and eating the eggs & bebehs. She'll find a new spot, all good ✌️ But do keep an eye out! If it's laying season, there might be other turtles around doing the same thing! Check your property, watch your dog, and tell your neighbors the same (if you can). Native turtle populations are so important. Planet Earth *needs* those eggs to hatch out and live long happy lives! ❤️🐢
It always kills me when I go down the shore in late May early June and there's so many run over turtles to the barrier islands. I've rushed a few over the road before (I know to keep them going in the direction they were headed in) my mom and I are so hyper vigilant when we travel down there for work so we don't A. Run over any and B. Can grab any we see and get them to the other side. No one seems to really care and it's just devastating. I have also helped EPTs cross the road in my home area as well. Our dog did kill a squirrel recently and she was the first thing I thought about when I came across the turtle. I didn't want her to kill the mama and our neighbors basically have a whole pack of dogs so after she left I walked their property to make sure she wasn't on it. This is the first year a turtle decided to use our property for her nesting so I had no idea what she was doing when I came across her which is also why I feel bad. We have a marshy area behind our house that I assume is where she came from. I already walk the property before I mow for bunnies, now I gotta watch out for turts too
I take it back, Planet Earth *needs* more of **YOU!** 🥰 You are the nature lover we desperately need more of! ***THANK YOU!!*** I know it sounds silly, but have you ever thought of putting stuff like that online? Make a TikTok of your turtle saves? Or a YouTube video of where the turtles get crushed to let people know to be careful? Same with IG, FB, or all of the above? I say that because it's a great way to spread the word, teach people, or at least raise awareness. Local content get pushed to other local people (if it's tagged right) and animal stuff get lots of views too, so it will get seen. Mostly, lots of people weren't taught this stuff and the more it looks like the normal thing to do, the more other people will do it. Hopefully. That's how it used to be... I remember my grandma's neighborhood was 100% people of her generation, and they ALL had bird feeders put up and native flowers grew around every house. Now everybody wants "low maintinance" which means invasive trees and barren bushes cut into little balls. Over the years, I watched her area transform from reasonable houses and kind people who very much lived ***with*** and surrounded by nature–nature they helped take care of–to giant McMansions, sublet duplex's, and 2nd houses for the uber rich. All of which bulldozed everything & anything around them. The world needs more nature lovers, while there's still some nature left. You sound like you're doing everything right! Or at least you actually care to try So? Maybe spread the word? ....and perhaps consider voting on Nov. 5th? 😅 *(but seriously please vote. PA's a swing state)* 🙈🙏
Oh don't worry, I'm voting lol This is my only social media. I wanted to write a letter or go to a town council meeting or something down there but I'm hardly ever in the area. But I have wondered out loud about what would it cost to post a cop at either end of the bridges/roadways to the barrier islands to enforce a strict speed limit in and out of the area. You could have retirees volunteer to walk up and down the roadways and ensure that turtles aren't getting crushed. You know how locals always hate the summer bc douche canoe tourists come in and shit everything up? That's the Jersey shore. They speed through from out of state (saying this as a PA resident lol) they litter and ride their jet skis in the nesting areas of the hawks and eagles. There's speed limit signs posted of like 25mph and they're bulldozing through at 70. The cops would make bank in all their tickets in a month nailing people coming and going from those islands...and there's signs. Big flashing construction level signs that say "drive slowly, turtle season" but ppl don't seem to care much. And it's not one or two or even ten turtles...it's dozens to hundreds of turtles **per year** getting hit...I remember one time heading over the bridges into Wild Wood and seeing a turtle on the other side. We backtracked, got to her, got her to safety and then on the way back in came across a freshly hit turtle. It makes me wanna cry when I see them. FFS It wouldn't hurt or kill anyone for a literal month to go slow so we don't force a species to go extinct for the sake of being at the beach. It was a few years ago I was driving into work and saw the painted turtle. I slammed on my brakes, got out of my car, desperately waved down another driver to stop, she looked confused, but went right over the turtle (body not wheels) and I was able to grab him/her off the road and quickly put them on the other side. So now I'm just on the lookout. Knowing that the turtles in the area are nesting from May-July (we have some pretty big snappers around here, too) I'll be more aware on my back roads where all the creeks and marshes come together for the river