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    • Why Save Turtles?
    • Who are Turtle Guardians?
    • What do Turtle Guardians Do?
      • Level 1 – Turtle ID & Turtle Camp
      • Level 2- Wetland Monitoring and Turtle Nest Protection
      • Level 3 – Road Research, Turtle Tunnels & Conservation
      • Level 4 & 5- Science permits
      • Become a guardian
    • Partners & supporters
    • Turtle Guardian Program Evaluation
    • The Land Between – Ontario’s Turtle Country
    • Contact
  • Learning Resources
    • Turtle Facts
    • Turtle identification
      • Parts of a turtle
      • Blanding’s Turtle
      • Map turtle
      • Painted turtle
      • Snapping turtle
      • Spiny softshell turtle
      • Spotted turtle
      • Stinkpot turtle/Musk turtle
      • Wood turtle
    • Turtle ID Quiz
    • Turtle Habitats
      • Lakes and Rivers
      • Ponds and Marshes
      • Swamps and Carrs
      • Bogs and Fens
    • School Curriculums
      • Turtle Guardians Curricula Videos
      • Intermediate (Grades 7-8)
      • Junior (Grades 4-6)
      • Primary (K-3) Grades
      • The Turtle Stories Platform
    • Research Reports
      • Habitat Requirements and Biology
    • Reducing Road Mortality
    • The Land Between. Ontario’s Turtle Country
  • Turtle Conservation
    • Why Turtles Matter
    • When and Where to Watch For Turtles
    • So you found a turtle…
    • 10 Ways to Help Turtles
    • Deliberate Harm to Turtles and Habitats
    • Helping a turtle across the road
    • Turtle Nesting
    • Snapping turtles & your lake
    • Helping Turtles Around Your Property
    • Reducing Road Mortality
    • Turtle Recovery Campaign
      • T5 Campaign
  • Volunteering
    • Become a Turtle Guardian
      • Turtle ID Quiz
    • Turtle Crossing Guards
    • Road Researchers
    • Nest Sitters
    • Wetland Watchers
    • Turtle Tunnel Assessors
    • Turtle Walk 2022
  • Report Sightings
    • Volunteer reporting forms
    • Public Sighting Report Form
    • Record of Elders
  • 2022 Turtle Camps
    • Turtle Camp 2022
    • Level 2 Turtle Camp Days
    • Tott’s Turtle Time
  • Donate
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    • Friends of Turtle Guardians
    • T5 Campaign
    • Champion a Turtle
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Turtle Nesting

Turtles in south-central Ontario are in peak nesting season in the first two weeks of June. This is when female turtles will be crossing roads, and often nesting on road shoulders. Turtles take years to mature, and it takes many more years (up to 60 years) to have one successful hatchling reach adulthood to replace itself in the population. This is because of very high nest predation rates, especially in exurban areas that have attracted more raccoons and predators than would be found in the wild, and also because of the sensitivity of eggs to temperatures. Also, hatchlings face many threats.

If you live in an exurban area/rural area but near towns and settlements, and a turtle as laid eggs on your property, you can build a nest cage protector and save the nest from predators.

Nest cages should only be put on PRIVATE properties. If put on public roadways and someone trips over your cage, or the eggs are poached, the liability is transferred to you.

For help along roadways and driveways or inconvenient locations:

  1. We have Nest Sitters who can help guard the nesting mother,
  2. In certain counties we have permits where we can excavate and incubate the eggs and return them to the place they were laid.
  3. In other areas we have permits for nest protectors along roads and can arrange to have these installed
  4. In some situations we can also work with the municipal road crews to create alternative solutions (nesting mounds, signage, and mitigation options).

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