The wire surrounds a beaver deceiver that allows water to flow and prevents the beaver from building a dam.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2022, at 9:00 PM, Stacey Sawyer-Mackie via Lincoln > <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > > > What is the purpose of these wires/traps? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sally kindleberger <skindleber...@gmail.com> > To: Annamaria San Antonio <victorygoddess...@gmail.com> > Cc: lincoln@lincolntalk.org > Sent: Fri, Oct 7, 2022 12:52 pm > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Turtle trapped on concord road? > > Good work everyone! > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 12:25 PM Annamaria San Antonio > <victorygoddess...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you so much for this team effort! > ~Jai > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 12:24 AM Paul Shorb <paul.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Update on possible trapped turtle: > > After calling Lindsay for the location, I got there about 3 pm and waded in. > Ryan and Will from the Conservation Commission arrived just after > (impressively prompt dispatch!) We did not see a turtle in the wire cage. > However, nearby I did see the muskrat in the attached photo, who thrashed > about as I approached it but seemed stuck in place. On closer examination, > its long tail seemed strangely entwined in stringy aquatic vegetation, as you > can see in the photo. I was able to slide that stuff off its tail. It then > swam away, at first with a strange corkscrew/twirling motion. Hard to tell > whether that corkscrewing was in celebration of release or a dysfunctional > swimming method that got it entwined in the first place. > > We watched as it swam around a bit, including into and out of the wire > enclosure shown in Lindsay's photo. Ryan and Will judged it to be a small, > presumably young, muskrat. When sticking its nose out of the wire enclosure, > it looked a lot like the creature shown in Lindsay's photo, so maybe that's > what was sighted? In any event, if the muskrat couldn't free itself from > where I found it, I assume eventually it would have drowned or starved. So > Lindsay's alert probably saved this creature - yea! > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1egRj-dUXXYtzXi1NWkQnIeSZC-f_jbb2/view?usp=sharing > > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 7:53 PM Annamaria San Antonio > <victorygoddess...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh shoot! Surely it must be freed somehow. Where exactly was this? I will > go tomorrow and see if there isn't some way to free it. > ~Jai > > >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 2:37 PM Nick & Lindsay CotterPong >> <cotterp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi y’all- >> >> Is this turtle trapped? Saw on my walk just now. >> >> 🐢 >> >> >> Lindsay Cotterpong, LICSW >> 86 Baker Ave Ext >> Concord, MA >> Phone: (781) 691-2741 >> www.Lindsaycotterpong.com >> >> Email, phone, or text contact with Lindsay Cotterpong, LICSW is not a safe >> or appropriate medium for urgent or emergency messages. 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