[NatureNS] ( Sat ) Leatherback Turtle/East Hants

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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:36:43 -0300
From: Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com>
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&lt;div&gt;Hi Angela, someone posted =A0that DFO said the ti
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Helene Van Doninck <
helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>> * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum |
>>>> http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm
>>>> * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/
>>>> * Subject Editor: ZooKeys |
>>>> http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index
>>>> * Review Editor: Zootaxa |
>>>> http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html
>>>> * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society |
>>>> http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html
>>>> * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera |
>>>> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html
>>>> * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net
>>>>
>>>> *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
>
>


-- 
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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