Most cross to find suitable places to lay their eggs. They like to dig a hole and bury the eggs.
There are places where you can come across almost a dozen at on time. It happens in spring.
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| Magnetawan |
The
K & P trail (Kingston & Pembroke) is a good one. Here is a photo of the
Old Nipissing Trail. Great places to walk and see Ontario.
Meantime, I was driving east to see if I could snap some photos of
our local heron rookery. A bit far off, but some reasonable shots.
What was I thinking?
My friends warn me: snappers both snap and pee at would-be rescuers.
This little guy, nothing like the BIG one I found in
Long Lake, as big as a coffee table.
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| I could see something down the highway |
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| some went into the other lane to avoid her |
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| car after car on a busy cottage country road |
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| Getting closer, I felt sick. |
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| Now what?! |
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| A man stopped, tried to move her with his windshield scraper! |
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| back of its shell was damaged |
