MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • May 2, 2021
To survive the winter, any adult turtles – or young that have hatched in the fall – need to go underwater and into mud that won’t freeze, where they will brumate. Brumation is essentially the cold-blooded animal equivalent to hibernation. Keep an eye out for turtles crossing the roads this spring as they are moving to find a home for the summer. Turtles are very slow moving, so crossing roads is especially dangerous, and unfortunately for the turtles, we’ve built a lot of roads in Maine. ~ Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox