{"id":12652,"date":"2013-04-20T23:48:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T04:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12652"},"modified":"2013-04-21T23:50:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T04:50:30","slug":"endangered-red-bellies-re-emerge-in-wareham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12652","title":{"rendered":"Endangered Red Bellies Re-Emerge in Wareham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-eight-cropped-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12653\" title=\"cooters eight cropped 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-eight-cropped-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-eight-cropped-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-eight-cropped-480-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>8 Endangered Northern Red-Bellied Cooters in Wareham, MA<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On April 19th, Cat Honkonen reported that endangered Northern Red-Bellied Cooters (<em>Pseudemys rubriventris)<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0had re-emerged in her abutting Wareham pond.\u00c2\u00a0 She sent this picture of eight (8) mature red bellies basking on a rock in the middle of the pond.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year, Cat documented their emergence on March 23rd, nearly a month earlier than this chilly spring.\u00c2\u00a0 (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10028\" target=\"_blank\">Endangered Red-Bellied Cooters Emerge in Wareham<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12655\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-seven-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-seven-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cooters-seven-480-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Seven Endangered Northern Red Bellied-Cooters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cat continues to experience the miracle of elusive turtles.\u00c2\u00a0 She\u00c2\u00a0is amazed by the magical and mysterical ability of turtles to multiply.\u00c2\u00a0 In 2011, Cat counted two mature cooters.\u00c2\u00a0 In 2012, she was stunned to see six.\u00c2\u00a0 And this year, she photographed eight during their initial emergence from winter slumber.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thanks to citizen scientists like Cat, who monitor endangered species in Massachusetts, the knowledge they provide about locations, population size and activies ensures that we can protect these rare critters and their fragile habitats \u00c2\u00a0for future generations of Bay Staters.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a08 Endangered Northern Red-Bellied Cooters in Wareham, MA On April 19th, Cat Honkonen reported that endangered Northern Red-Bellied Cooters (Pseudemys rubriventris)\u00c2\u00a0had re-emerged in her abutting Wareham pond.\u00c2\u00a0 She sent this picture of eight (8) mature red bellies basking on a rock in the middle of the pond.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year, Cat documented their emergence on March 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