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Earlier this year, we spotted a female Blanding’s Turtle, laying eggs in the sandy soil behind our house. Given how many hungry raccoons we have in the area, we decided to do our best to protect the nest until the end of summer, when they would hopefully hatch. So in this video, we look at the full cycle from eggs to hatchlings, and even a bit about turtle motherhood.
Organizations that track the status of wild turtles, here in Ontario, Canada:
Ontario Turtle Atlas
https://ontarionature.org/programs/citizen-science/reptile-amphibian-atlas/
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-ontario
Ontario Turtle Tally
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/turtletally
Love your videos !!! Maybe do a tour of your land or another update video! Or talk about how you two met or your thoughts on something interesting Lol anything would be good cause you two are very cute couple 🙂
Cute little guy just sitting in the pond 😀
You were actually incorrect on 1 percent hatching and surviving. I breed turtles and tortoise all could hatch but yet again all could die. While leaving the nest.
Go Sandy Go!! Good on you guys! Very touching, I never understood why some people just walk from helping while other's such as yourself likely gave Sandy a fighting chance!! In 80 years Sandy could have helped in creating a vibrant turtle community!! Wonderful story!!
I don't know why u dont have many views
I found an adult one of these once! A rare species here in Maine! Great job helping them!!
Do I’ve only just stumbled onto your channel and have been thoroughly impressed! Subscribed and am binge watching it all, even as I type.
What is the program you use to do the animations? Outstanding!
There tortoises not turtles
Your video is amazing lol
Beautiful, generous and thoughtful of you, much thanks for uploading.
Did anymore hatch?
Many years ago, a friend had a snapping turtle problem in his trout pond. One day, we observed a female laying eggs outside of his pond. He gathered her up with a shovel when she was done and transported her to another pond. I dug up her eggs and put them in the back of my truck, keeping them covered in mud. I thought it might be interesting to see if they hatched. They did! After they finished, I took them to a different place. It was so neat to watch them hatch and be able to put them somewhere that they could be safe and not invasive. Thank you for the wonderful video!
Excellent video!
My greatest regret in life was when I was in Cyprus, I hitched a lift from a retired expat whom took time out of his day to help turtles, he told me they'd likely be hatching the next night but instead I went into town for a party. My greatest regret, honestly.
Just make sure not to put them in the water just put it near it (it can make them think they are not adults)
Wow! Awesome video! Can you do the same for Sulcata Tortoise?
Thank you for a greatly entertaining but vastly informative video. I too have a few nests here on my new property in Sharbot Lake. (1 hour north of Kingston) We saw the first eggs back in May after the ravages of a raccoon family and again a week ago. But today I managed to spot a turtle while laying and I covered up the nest best I could. I`ll keep an eye out and I`ll report it to the county. Thanks again for the info.
I was considering helping out a nest on our property, but your info about the endangered species changed my mind. The nest is of a painted turtle, which is not endangered at all where I live. So I decided against helping and just letting nature take its course. (plus there are fox kits near us that need to learn to forage for themselves so I wouldn’t want to deprive them of a good meal)
As a conservation biologist in the making, I believe you did the right thing – thank you for your good work and effort. The species you protected is endangered, while its usual predator is quite well, so in those terms it was clear what was the best option – help the tortoise or let nature take its course. Still, it's good that you contacted an organisation to tell them about what you were doing and the results, because sometimes there are other variants that are not so obvious and can only be taken into account by people who are used to study these animals. So in my view, you did everything more than great guys. Thank you for helping conserving wild, endangered species and for giving the public all the precious informations about your experiments. Cheers!
Nice job
You build the best videos.. I am fairly long time subscriber for gardening tips. This morning I happened across a a turtle laying eggs by the creek by my garden. I came in a started looking for info on how to protect, how long to hatch etc and see that one of my favorite channels has info. LOL
Really all 8 species are at risk. North Bay Ontario asking.
Your videos make me feel smarter. Thank you for sharing all the research you do and for presenting it in such an easy to understand way.
Excellent and helpful information. Thank you! I just watched a mud turtle lay her eggs, and I will use your method now. One English mistake in narration: a person cannot advocate (the verb sense) FOR something. We advocate helping turtles.
Hehe what a very good and informative video! I spotted one laying eggs today at my apartment complex pond but there are always landscapers around so I wanted to make sure they were safe and put up a little sign to say “watch out – baby turtles -don’t step here!”
Good people!
Thanks for this Instructive and engaging video! Now we know what to do to protect the nest a snapper makes every year on our property.
I live in northwest Indiana, and to live by a pond. Been here for 3 years now and each spring I saved a turtle nest from predators. I protected them from raccoons with a household fan shroud and staked it to the ground. First year I saved nine turtles, second year 4 turtles and this year 8. After waiting the 72 to 80 days i drill a small hole into the nest and check on them with an endoscopy camera to see if they have hatched. Then I dig them up and let them live the first year in an aquarium. where they are safe and then let them go. They go from being the size of a nickel to the size of a large baseball. While saving those nests i noticed i have also mised nearly a dozen of them. Like you said finding them dug up and shells everywhere. Great video!
Hi. My name is Sandy lol.
I found a turtle crossing the road and i pulled over and rescue it after doing some research it turns out that it's a female after 1 month later she decided to dig holes but didn't laid eggs after 2 months she started to dig holes again and just yesterday September 24 2021 finally she laid her eggs so here i am researching on how to protect them and thank you for this video it did help.