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Snapping Turtle
Snapping Turtle in Sudbury
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April 19, 2013 
Lydia Pastuszek photographed this snapping turtle crossing Marlboro Road in Sudbury.
Read More Wildlife at Great Meadows in Concord
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April 17, 2013 
Joan Chasan photographed a snapping turtle and a muskrat at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
Read More Wildlife at Great Meadows in Concord
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October 5, 2012 
Raj Das photographed an American goldfinch, downy woodpecker, pine warbler, snapping turtle and swamp sparrow at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
Read More Snapping Turtles hatching at Gray Reservation in Sudbury
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September 8, 2012 
Dawn Dentzer photographed and recorded video of freshly hatched snapping turtles emerging from a sandy spot at SVT's Gray Reservation in Sudbury. Dawn watched as ten turtles crawled out of the nest.
Read More Snapping Turtle Hatchlings in Wayland
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September 6, 2012 
Linda Hanifin photographed these hatchling snapping turtles at Heard Farm in Wayland.
Wildlife at Great Meadows in Concord
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August 9, 2012 Chris Renna recorded this video of wildlife, including a feasting snapping turtle, at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
Read More Wildlife at Broadmoor in Natick
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May 27, 2012 
Raj Das photographed the following during a visit to Massachusetts Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick: American lady butterfly, Canada geese, eastern bluebird, great blue heron, ruby-throated hummingbird, snapping turtle, tree swallow.
Snapping Turtle in Harvard
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May 6, 2012 Chris Renna recorded this video of a snapping turtle that he had rescued from a busy street in Harvard.
Read More Wildlife at SVT's Wolbach Farm
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July 31, 2011 
Russ and Noah Green used their remote wildlife camera to photograph wildlife at SVT's Wolbach Farm in July (the time stamps are incorrect). Included are raccoons, white-tailed deer, a red-tailed hawk and a snapping turtle.
Wildlife at Upper and Lower Mill Brook in Wayland
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June 8, 2011 
Marie Goeritz photographed the following on a trip to Upper and Lower Mill Brook Conservation Areas in Wayland: downy woodpecker, common garter snake, a muskrat dome, painted turtles, snapping turtle, wood ducks.
Read More Nature at Great Meadows in Concord
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July 24, 2011 
Joan Chasan photographed American lotus, buttonbush, a Canada goose, an eastern kingbird, a snapping turtle and a female wood duck at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
Read More Snapping Turtles in Wayland
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June 18, 2011 John Platt recorded this video of a pair of snapping turtles in Wayland.
Read More Snapping Turtle in Wayland
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June 19, 2011 
Craig Smith photographed this snapping turtle crossing Pelham Island Road in Wayland.
Read More Nesting Snapping Turtles at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury
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June 8, 2011 Chris Renna recorded this video of two nesting snapping turtles at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
Read More Wildlife at ARNWR in Maynard
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May 29, 2011 Chris Renna recorded this video of several species and a brief thunderstorm at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard. Species include: muskrat, snapping turtle, painted turtle, belted kingfisher and northern watersnake.
Read More Snapping Turtle Nesting in Sudbury
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June 2, 2011 Thai Ha-Ngoc recorded this video of a snapping turtle searching for a nesting site in a sandy field at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
Read More Snapping Turtle in Sudbury
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June 2, 2011 Christa Collins helps a snapping turtle safely across Concord Road in Sudbury, while a school bus and traffic look on.
Read More Wildlife in Marlborough and Sudbury
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July 3, 2010 
Craig Smith photographed the following species during a visit to the Desert Natural Area in Marlborough and Sudbury: ovenbird, great crested flycatcher, eastern chipmunk, downy woodpecker, monarch butterfly, snapping turtle, rose-breasted grosbeak.
Read More Snapping Turtle laying eggs at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury
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May 26, 2010 
Dan Stimson photographed this snapping turtle as she prepared to lay eggs at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
Read More Wildlife at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury
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May 1, 2010 
Craig Smith photographed the following at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury:
a palm warbler, white-tailed deer, snapping turtle, water strider, marsh marigold and wood anemone.
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