Tag: turtles
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Hands off park wildlife!
Protected areas are fascinating places. If you’re lucky, during your visit you may spot a wide variety of wildlife who call these parks home. However, you may not always see healthy animals. In these natural spaces, you could see animals that look sick, injured, or orphaned. We know you want to help wildlife, but helping…
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Hands off park wildlife!
Protected areas are fascinating places. If you’re lucky, during your visit you may spot a wide variety of wildlife who call these parks home. However, you may not always see healthy animals. In these natural spaces, you could see animals that look sick, injured, or orphaned. We know you want to help wildlife, but helping…
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Slithering into fall: hibernation for Ontario’s reptiles
Today’s post was written by seasonal student Heather Van Den Diepstraten from Rondeau Provincial Park. It’s not just students and birds on the move this fall. As the cold weather approaches, reptiles are trekking across Rondeau Provincial Park in search of hibernacula (places in which wildlife overwinter). Researchers for Wildlife Preservation Canada are busy tracking the…
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Our 2022 Turtle Protection Project results: a reason to "shell"ebrate!
We’ve got some “egg-citing” news! In 2022, we went on a mission to protect Ontario’s at-risk turtles. It was a huge success! In fact, at one park, we had our first Painted Turtle hatchling emerge from a nest in ten years! And it wouldn’t have been possible without our “turtley” awesome donors and the Turtle…
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Turtles love water (bottles!)
What do turtles and reusable water bottles have in common? More than you might imagine. Turtles need our help, and we’ve partnered with our friends at Chilly Moose (and their reusable bottles) to help meet the challenge!
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Snapping Turtles
Today’s post comes from David LeGros, a Natural Heritage Education Specialist at Algonquin Provincial Park. I spent most of my youth in rubber boots and obsessed with nature. I was always looking for interesting animals and plants. There are a few creatures then, just like now, that always inspire me. Top of my list: the Snapping…
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Under the ice: winter in Lake Simcoe
Today’s post comes from Laura McClintock, senior park naturalist at Sibbald Point Provincial Park. The sun is shining, glittering off the ice. It’s winter on Lake Simcoe. From the shore, it appears the lake is ‘asleep’ for the winter months, with no movement to be seen. However, that’s just what’s on the surface. The reality…