[NatureNS] ( Sat ) Leatherback Turtle/East Hants

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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:13:01 -0300
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Yep, someone called here with the sighting and we told them to contact the
Sea Turtle people, apparently they are either there or on the way.

Helene

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:01 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thanks Helene for the update.
>
> I see on the East Hants fb page that there was a sighting again around 2
> pm and folks were heading out.
>
> Fingers crossed.
>
> |Angela in Windsor
>
> On 08/18/12, *Helene Van Doninck * <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Angela, someone posted  that DFO said the tide took him out to
> sea..which I'm not sure I believe. One would think the incoming tide might
> push him in further( of course followed by outgoing tide). In either case
> if it's still in the Bay of Fundy that far in , not much food for it. I was
> talking to the Leatherback people at Dal and their main researcher was in
> Cape Breton but was driving up to see if they could spot it. I also called
> a few of the river rafting groups to ask them to keep an eye out as I
> imagine if it beaches again it will be at low tide. I haven't heard
> anything since yesterday and told the Dal people I would be willing to help
> if it beached again ( not that I can do much being that my experience with
> leatherbacks is ummm zero :).
>
> Also had several people who know the area to go check and havent heard
> anything, still not sure who took the original picture and what time it was
> taken.
>
> FYI, the # for leatherback sightings is:
>  1-888-729-4667.
> Helene
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:53 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote:
>
>> Hi there.
>>
>> Do you know if they were able to locate it? By following the posts on the
>> fb page, the last I saw was that there were no sightings...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Angela
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/17/12, *Helene Van Doninck * <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I Just contacted the leatherback people at Dal, they are going to
>> investigate and hoping to send DFO to help get it back in the water if
>> still alive.
>>
>> Helene
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Christopher Majka <
>> c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Angela,
>>>
>>> Yes, a leatherback turtle.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 17-Aug-12, at 9:43 AM, AngelaJoudrey wrote:
>>>
>>> On the facebook page for Municipality of East Hants Department of
>>> Recreation & Culture <https://www.facebook.com/recreation.weliveit>which I was ablet o fully see without 'being friends' is a pic of a what I
>>> think is a leatherback turtle? found on the  Shube River near Rines Creek.
>>>
>>> Angela in Windsor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level
>>> of thinking that created them."
>>> Albert Einstein
>>>
>>> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
>>> rest of the world."
>>> John Muir
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia,
>>> Canada
>>>
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>>>
>>> *Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old
>>> war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.*- Charles Darwin
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Helene Van Doninck DVM
>> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
>> RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
>> 902-893-0253
>> birdvet@hotmail.com
>> www.cwrc.net
>>
>>  --
>>
>> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level
>> of thinking that created them."
>> Albert Einstein
>>
>> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
>> rest of the world."
>> John Muir
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Helene Van Doninck DVM
> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
> RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
> 902-893-0253
> birdvet@hotmail.com
> www.cwrc.net
>
>  --
> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level
> of thinking that created them."
> Albert Einstein
>
> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
> rest of the world."
> John Muir




-- 
Helene Van Doninck DVM
Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
902-893-0253
birdvet@hotmail.com
www.cwrc.net

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Yep, someone called here with the sighting and we told them to contact the =
Sea Turtle people, apparently they are either there or on the way.=A0<div><=
br></div><div>Helene<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 18, 2012=
 at 3:01 PM, AngelaJoudrey <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudre=
y@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All,<br><br>Thanks Helene for the update.=
<br><br>I see on the East Hants fb page that there was a sighting again aro=
und 2 pm and folks were heading out.<br>
<br>Fingers crossed.<br><br>|Angela in Windsor<br><br><span>On 08/18/12, <b=
>Helene Van Doninck </b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote s=
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<div>Hi Angela, someone posted =A0that DFO said the ti