[Dtwg] Terrapin nesting and yard signs

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> Greetings (sorry for the second post to some of you, I'm trying to reduce 
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> I've seen some tracks in the sand at Slaughter Beach, DE. 
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> I also wanted to share the yard signs I deployed this year to try to 
> decrease road mortality in the emerging terrapin trying to make it across 
> Bay Ave from the yards and dunes along Slaughter Beach, to the marsh on the 
> other side.  I placed 10 posters along this 1.5 mile stretch of road. I 
> monitored the road and still picked up 110 dead terrapin hatchlings 
> (overwintering hatchlings) through the month of April into May when the 
> largest 'migration' occurs. This was about the same as last spring (2018) 
> but people did seem to be driving more slowly and I saw more people 
> carrying the turtles - it is hard to know how many made it across Bay Ave. 
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> I've brought the yard signs in for the 'season' (all 10 were recovered in 
> spite of spring storms) and I will put them out when the late summer 
> hatchlings begin their crossing.  I can send a higher resolution image to 
> individuals who want a better look at this. 
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> Suzette Noecker (Bloom 415) from Ocean View DE designed the signs and got 
> permission from the 'Turtle Conservancy' to use their image and they are 
> credited in the O in the word 'Crossing'. 
> carol 
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> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 9:00 PM Chambers, Randolph M < rmcham at wm.edu 
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> wrote: 
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>> We've got nest crawls on the York River--tributary to the Chesapeake 
>> Bay--here in Virginia. 
>> Randy Chambers_______________________________________________ 
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> Carol Meteyer, DVM 
> Slaughter Beach, DE 
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