{"id":13143,"date":"2013-05-24T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13143"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:56:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:56:25","slug":"dinosaur-a-k-a-turtle-nesting-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13143","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur (A.K.A. Turtle) Nesting Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13147\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-005-480-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Medium Sized Snapping Turtle After Nesting<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As predicted by yesterday&#8217;s post with the appearance of a blooming lady slipper, turtle nesting snapped into high gear this morning on the SouthCoast.\u00c2\u00a0 Dinosaur-like snappers, gaudy painted turtles and dainty spotted turtles laid nests in rain-softened soil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-008-with-rufus-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13151\" title=\"xpost snapper nesting 008 with rufus 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-008-with-rufus-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-008-with-rufus-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-008-with-rufus-480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rufus Guards Nesting Snapper<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Turtle Journal&#8217;s Sue Wieber Nourse and Rufus patrolled local wetlands, they encountered a medium sized snapping turtle nesting on a pile of muddy dirt.\u00c2\u00a0 Rufus assumed her guard position to assure the turtle remained undisturbed through the nesting process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-006-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13149\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-snapper-nesting-006-480-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Prehistoric Dinosaur-Like Snapping Turtle Tail<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We remain awed by primitive snappers, their Jurassic tails, steely claws and cold-blooded stare.\u00c2\u00a0 What sweethearts!\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-painted-nesting-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13145\" title=\"xpost painted nesting 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-painted-nesting-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-painted-nesting-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-painted-nesting-002-480-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rufus Examines Painted Turtle and Abandoned Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier in these wetland rounds, Sue and Rufus discovered a painted turtle that had just crawled away from an abandoned &#8220;false&#8221; nest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-spotted-nesting-001-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13153\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-spotted-nesting-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-spotted-nesting-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/xpost-spotted-nesting-001-480-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Young Female Spotted Turtle on Nesting Run<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And later in the morning, Don Lewis encountered a tiny, nine-year-old female spotted crawling along a wetland roadway on a nesting run.\u00c2\u00a0 The storm front that beset the SouthCoast of Massachusetts this pre-Memorial week\u00c2\u00a0brought out three turtle species to\u00c2\u00a0kick off\u00c2\u00a0the nesting season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medium Sized Snapping Turtle After Nesting As predicted by yesterday&#8217;s post with the appearance of a blooming lady slipper, turtle nesting snapped into high gear this morning on the SouthCoast.\u00c2\u00a0 Dinosaur-like snappers, gaudy painted turtles and dainty spotted turtles laid nests in rain-softened soil. 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