Photo-Diary of a Terrapin Researcher — 2001

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CONTENTS

January 2001

Hopeful Signs — 4 January 2001

Kemp’s Ridley Found in Pamet Marsh — 7 January 2001

Terrapin Remains Discovered On Fox Island — 13 January 2001

January Thaw — 17 January 2001

Stranded Harp Seal in Fresh Brook Marsh — 23 January 2001 (morning)

Healthy Harp Seal off Pleasant Point — 23 January 2001 (afternoon)

Sad Update on the Ailing Harp Seal — 25 January 2001

Do Flowers Bloom in Winter? — 30 January 2001

February 2001

Harps-R-Us — 2 February 2001

Who Set the Alarm Clock for February? — 7 February 2001

Looking Back, Looking Forward —18 February 2001

Close Encounter — 26 February 2001

Where Does She Put It? — 28 February 2001

March 2001

Harpo Marsh — 2 March 2001

Where’s Tarzan When Your Really Need Him? — 9 March 2001

Invasion of Turtle Point — 10 March 2001

Ailing Harp Seal, South Lieutenant Island — 11 March 2001

Chubby — 12 March 2001

Chubby Fading? — 14 March 2001

Chubby Still Hanging On — 15 March 2001

The Marsh Surrenders Its Secrets —19 March 2001

Pre–Easter Egg Hunt — 31 March 2001

April 2001 More Nests Discovered and an Old Fatality — 3 April 2001

Remains of 7-Year-Old Male — 7 April 2001

Terrapins Face Winter’s Final Test — 8 April 2001

The Great Escape — 10 April 2001

“Watson, the games afoot!” — 22 April 2001

Firsts — 23 April 2001

The Awakening — 24 April 2001

Fundamental Questions — 25 April 2001

Beyond Sanity — 26 April 2001

Perspective — 27 April 2001

Finally Breaking — 28 April 2001

Re-Awakening — 29 April 2001

Warm Up — 30 April 2001

May 2001

May Day — 1 May 2001

Warm and Murky — 3 May 2001

A Tough Lonely Life — 5 May 2001

All for Naught? — 6 May 2001

Frost on the Marsh — 7 May 2001

Sex and the Single Turtle — 10 May 2001

Luck All Around — 11 May 2001

Of Things Big and Small — 12 May 2001

The Great Desiccation — 14 May 2001

Miracle on Round Island — 17 May 2001

Will Miracles Never Cease? — 18 May 2001

Transformation — 20 May 2001

Maryland High Schoolers Rescue Distressed Hatchling — 21 May 2001

Foul and Fare — 23 May 2001

Freedom! — 24 May 2001

Back to Square one — 25 May 2001

The Paludal Posse Rides Again — 26 May 2001

Return of a Remarkable Friend — 27 May 2001

On Land and Sea — 29 May 2001

One Release, One Capture — 30 May 2001

June 2001

Serendipity — 1 June 2001

Hints of a New Breeding Population of Diamondback Terrapins — 3 June 2001

Hobson’s Choice — 4 June 2001

An Unusual Day — 6 June 2001

Black Jack! — 7 June 2001

Pregnant Pause — 8 June 2001

On the Move — 9 June 2001

Turtled Turtler and First Nesting — 10 June 2001

Two Queens, a Princess and a Spotted Knave — 11 June 2001

The Rest of the Story: Boxed to Go — 12 June 2001

Mud Wrestling — 13 June 2001

Protecting Vulnerable Nests — 14 June 2001

A Little Help from Friends — 15 June 2001

Dogged Determination — 16 June 2001

Epics — 17 June 2001

Stunner — 18 June 2001

Neighbors — 19 June 2001

All Work and No Play — 21 June 2001

Who’s Teaching Whom? — 22 June 2001

Treks — 23 June 2001

Terrapin Chic — 24 June 2001

Miracles of Life and Dead in the Land of Ooze — 26 June 2001

Field School Kick-Off — 27 June 2001

Terrapin Field School Wraps Up — 29 June 2001

Tails from Marsh Road and Other Tales, Too — 1 July 2001


July 2001

Continuity — 2 July 2001

New Friends and Old — 5 July 2001

Youngsters Steal the Show — 07 July 2001

Mixed Bag — 10 July 2001

One Success Story — 11 July 2001

Storming Duck Creek on Bastille Day — 14 July 2001

Canoe and Kayak — 16 July 2001

Top Ten — 18 July 2001

Back to Blackfish Creek — 21 July 2001

Bookends — 23 July 2001

AmeriCorps Help Unravel Terrapin Secrets — 24 July 2001

New Friends — 28 July 2001

Box and Nest — 29 July 2001

Stalking Terrapins by Canoe — 31 July 2001


August 2001

Mornings Become Terrapins — 2 August 2001

Terrapin Class of ’95 — 6 August 2001

Dog Days Descend — 9 August 2001

Things Were Getting Desperate — 17 August 2001

An Adorable Couple — 18 August 2001

One Very Unlucky Lady — 19 August 2001

A VERY Good Year — 20 August 2001

One for the Records — 21 August 2001

First Hatchlings Emerge — 25 August 2001

Emergence — 26 August 2001

Raining Hatchlings — 27 August 2001

Nick of Time — 28 August 2001

Living Up to One’s Name — 30 August 2001


September 2001

First Breath — 1 September 2001

Gauntlet — 2 September 2001

The Story of Nest 26 — 4 September 2001

A Few Good Saves — 6 September 2001

The Roots of Evil — 8 September 2001

The Golden Hatchling — 9 September 2001

Small Surprises — 11 September 2001

A Murder of Crows — 12 September 2001

In Search of Hatchlings — 13 September 2001

On a Downward Slope — 14 September 2001

Full Cycle — 17 September 2001

Loose Ends — 23 September 2001

Autumn Patrols — 27 September 2001


October 2001

Late Bloomers — 3 October 2001

Summer’s Last — 5 October 2001

Transition — 6 October 2001

Reprieve — 12 October 2001

Home Brew — 15 October 2001

“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over” — 18 October 2001

An Annual Surprise — 28 October 2001

In Search of Sea Turtles — 31 October 2001

November 2001

First Sea Turtle Stranding of 2001 Season — 07 November 2001

“Never give up” — 10 November 2001

Three on the Morning Tide — 12 November 2001

Nighttime Addendum — Evening 12 November 2001

The Big One That Didn’t Get Away — 13 November 2001

Calm Interlude — 14 November 2001

Comings and Goings and More Comings — 21 November 2001

December 2001

Perhaps They Knew — 2 December 2001

Magical — 4 December 2001

Balmy Days — 5 December 2001

Night Patrol — 10 December 2001

The Beat Goes On — 12 December 2001

Holiday Guests — 13 December 2001

A Blizzard of Sea Turtles — 16 December 2001

Lucky Green Sea Turtle —18 December 2001

Full House — 20 December 2001