ESTEVAN - Traffic on gravel and paved roads see new participants joining the flow these days.
Turtles are heading out from their water homes, looking for nice soft dirt to lay eggs.
There are two turtle species native to Saskatchewan, the snapping turtle, mainly habituating the Estevan area, and the painted turtle.
Turtles can travel quite far to find the best spot for their offspring to come into this world. Yet, their choices sometimes might be a bit off from the human's perspective.
This snapper was spotted not far from Long Creek, trying to make a nest right on the road.
If you come across one, it's best to let them go wherever they are going instead of "saving" them and returning them to water basins, as covering a few kilometres for these slow-moving creatures is not that easy of a job.
