{"id":12539,"date":"2013-03-27T20:39:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T01:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12539"},"modified":"2013-03-27T20:39:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T01:39:26","slug":"another-sign-of-spring-juvenile-garter-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12539","title":{"rendered":"Another Sign of Spring &#8212; Juvenile Garter Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-000-closeup-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12541\" title=\"jgs 000 closeup 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-000-closeup-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-000-closeup-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-000-closeup-480-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Juvenile Garter Snake<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Temperatures today reached the high 40s, so the Turtle Journal team explored a nearby abandoned cranberry bog to see what spring life may be emerging.\u00c2\u00a0 The entire wetlands echoed with a chorus of spring peepers, punctuated by the croaks of wood frogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-031-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12547\" title=\"jgs 031 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-031-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-031-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-031-480-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Juvenile Garter Snake Basking in Bog Channel<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shallow bog channels were filled with egg masses, both frogs and salamanders.\u00c2\u00a0 In the channel closest to the woods, Don Lewis spotted an unusual\u00c2\u00a0twig or grass reed lying crossways, which actually\u00c2\u00a0proved to be\u00c2\u00a0a small basking garter snake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AEafNwFY60Q?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AEafNwFY60Q?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Juvenile Garter Snake in Abandoned Marion Cranberry Bog<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Turtle Journal documented this juvenile garter snake and immediately released it back into the safety of the bog.\u00c2\u00a0 The team loves to find such exquisite signs of spring, especially after this neverending winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12543\" title=\"jgs 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jgs-002-480-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Juvenile Garter Snake in the Hand<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juvenile Garter Snake Temperatures today reached the high 40s, so the Turtle Journal team explored a nearby abandoned cranberry bog to see what spring life may be emerging.\u00c2\u00a0 The entire wetlands echoed with a chorus of spring peepers, punctuated by the croaks of wood frogs. 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