MADISON, Wis. – This is the season for turtles to be on the move looking for a safe place to lay their eggs. Sometimes a nesting place across the road looks better to a turtle. Who knows why. Whatever, Andrew Badje, state conservation biologist, urged people to help turtles cross the road safely. Don’t run them down. If possible, he said, lead them in the right direction. “The turtle is trying to get to an area,” he said. “Move it to the side of the road that it’s facing. So, if it’s facing east then move it to the east side of the road.” Badje said if a turtle is trying to nest in your yard, leave it alone. He said it likely will be there be there only a day or two.
Turtle query: Why did chicken cross the road? Err, why did the turtle cross the road? To lay eggs.
Badje. With the Wisconsin state Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation.