{"id":13232,"date":"2013-05-28T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T01:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13232"},"modified":"2013-05-28T20:34:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T01:34:05","slug":"terrapin-nesting-imminent-on-southcoast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13232","title":{"rendered":"Terrapin Nesting Imminent on SouthCoast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13236\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-005-480-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Sue Wieber Nourse with Diamondback Terrapin #601<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Turtle Journal team has been monitoring SouthCoast mating aggregations again this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Even before this weekend&#8217;s cold front, the aggregations had already been thinning.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, only a couple of female turtles remained in the large Sippican Harbor mating aggregation.\u00c2\u00a0 Most females have dispersed to their nesting locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13234\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-examination-001-480-300x172.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 Examines Female Terrapin #601<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sue Wieber Nourse captured one of the remaining females for a closeup examination.\u00c2\u00a0 She was Terrapin #601 whom we have been tracking in the Sippican aggregation throughout May.\u00c2\u00a0 With most of the other females gone, we wanted to examine #601 to see why she may be dawdling.\u00c2\u00a0 She was not palpably gravid, which indicates that #601 is still probably a couple of weeks from nesting, which may explain why she has not yet dispersed to the area of her nesting site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-release-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13238\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-release-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-release-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-601-release-001-480-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Female Diamondback Terrapin #601 Being Released<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here on the SouthCoast we expect nesting runs to begin soon; perhaps as early as the heat wave predicted for later this week.\u00c2\u00a0 Females will return to mating aggregations after depositing their first clutch, and then they will disperse once again to nesting areas in late June or early July.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Wieber Nourse with Diamondback Terrapin #601 The Turtle Journal team has been monitoring SouthCoast mating aggregations again this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Even before this weekend&#8217;s cold front, the aggregations had already been thinning.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, only a couple of female turtles remained in the large Sippican Harbor mating aggregation.\u00c2\u00a0 Most females have dispersed to their nesting locations. 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