{"id":13368,"date":"2013-05-31T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T00:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13368"},"modified":"2013-06-01T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:16:06","slug":"painted-turtle-nests-at-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13368","title":{"rendered":"Painted Turtle Nests at Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-000-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13369\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-000-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-000-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-000-480-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Painted Turtle Nests at Sunset<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As the Turtle Journal team explored a sunset bathed wetlands off Sippican Harbor on the Massachusetts SouthCoast, we spotted this small painted turtle, completing her nest.\u00c2\u00a0 Facing directly into the setting sun, she slowly carved the egg chamber, deposited her eggs and carefully covered the nest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13371\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-001-480-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Painted Turtle Nest Covered<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Except for discoloration caused by mixing moist bottom soil with dry top sand, the nest completely disappears.\u00c2\u00a0 Somehow she even managed to place a piece of plastic debris over the egg chamber.\u00c2\u00a0 This color change, of course,\u00c2\u00a0fades in a short while, making the nest invisible to mere mortals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13373\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-painted-nest-005-480-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Five Pink and Perfect Painted Turtle Eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Excavating the nest, we quickly discovered the &#8220;sweet spot,&#8221; the entry hole for the egg chamber, and harvested five perfect pink eggs for protection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painted Turtle Nests at Sunset As the Turtle Journal team explored a sunset bathed wetlands off Sippican Harbor on the Massachusetts SouthCoast, we spotted this small painted turtle, completing her nest.\u00c2\u00a0 Facing directly into the setting sun, she slowly carved the egg chamber, deposited her eggs and carefully covered the nest. 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