{"id":13119,"date":"2013-05-24T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13119"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:06:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:06:13","slug":"a-perfect-ten-eggsactly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13119","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Ten &#8212; Eggsactly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13126\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-005-480-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>A Perfect Ten<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday afternoon reaped the first painted turtle eggs of the 2013 season in our SouthCoast wetlands.\u00c2\u00a0 At the end of our rounds, we had collected ten perfect eggs from two nests for protection under a predator excluder cage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-011-with-rufus-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13124\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-011-with-rufus-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-011-with-rufus-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-011-with-rufus-480-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rufus with Her Discovery (Painted Turtle and Eggs)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As\u00c2\u00a0Turtle Journal&#8217;s Sue Wieber Nourse and Don Lewis scoured a local wetlands, it was actually Rufus who found the first nester.\u00c2\u00a0 A young, smallish female painted turtle lay hidden in tall grass, invisible to mere mortals.\u00c2\u00a0 Rufus assumed her &#8220;pointer&#8221; pose and stubbornly refused to join us until we had confirmed her find.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-003-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13120\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-first-painted-nest-003-480-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Sue Wieber Nourse, Rufus and First Painted Nester<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Excavating the dug and re-covered nest, Sue harvested four pink and perfect painted eggs which had been laid by this young mother turtle.\u00c2\u00a0 Rufus proudly protected her discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-second-painted-nest-007-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13130\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-second-painted-nest-007-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-second-painted-nest-007-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-second-painted-nest-007-480-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Second Painted Nester and Six Eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About a hundred feet further into the wetlands, Sue noticed a larger female, resting in exhaustion after her nesting feat.\u00c2\u00a0 Don excavated the nest and recovered six pink painted eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-011-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13128\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-011-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-011-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-perfect-ten-eggsactly-011-480-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>A Perfect Ten &#8212; Eggsactly<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the close of our afternoon rounds, we returned to Turtle Journal headquarters with ten perfect painted eggs, which we secured under a predator excluder to incubate in safety.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Perfect Ten Friday afternoon reaped the first painted turtle eggs of the 2013 season in our SouthCoast wetlands.\u00c2\u00a0 At the end of our rounds, we had collected ten perfect eggs from two nests for protection under a predator excluder cage. 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