{"id":15453,"date":"2014-11-22T12:27:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15453"},"modified":"2014-11-22T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T19:21:12","slug":"cape-cod-sea-turtle-strandings-smash-all-time-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15453","title":{"rendered":"Cape Cod Sea Turtle Rescues Smash All Time Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15460\" title=\"csst500 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-001-480-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Sue Wieber Nourse Rescues 5 Lively Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtles from Frigid Cape Cod Bay<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday morning, the 21st, the 500th cold-stunned sea turtle of November 2014 was rescued from a windy, freezing Cape Cod Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15484\" title=\"csst500 013 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-013-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-013-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-013-480-300x216.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 Adds Another Rescued Turtle for Triage at Mass Audubon&#8217;s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This extraordinary moment was marked only briefly as more and more turtles continued to arrive at MAS Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. \u00c2\u00a0The in-take room at the sanctuary held dozens of endangered Kemp&#8217;s ridleys, several green sea turtles and a large, lonely loggerhead in the top right corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15462\" title=\"csst500 002 960 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-002-960-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-002-960-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-002-960-480-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Live Cold-Stunned Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle at Fisher Beach, Truro<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sue and I patrolled the high tide flooded Truro-Wellfleet bayside from Fisher Beach in the north through Ryder Landing and Bound Brook Island to Duck Harbor in the south.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15464\" title=\"csst500 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-003-480-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Live Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Rescued from Ryder Beach in Truro<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A ferocious west-northwest wind churned powerful breakers and tossed cold-stunned Kemp&#8217;s ridley and green sea turtles onto the wrack line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15466\" title=\"csst500 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-004-480-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle Stranded on Cape Cod Bay Beach<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15468\" title=\"csst500 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-005-480-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Two Green Sea Turtles, One Pecked by Seagulls But Quite Lively\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recovered seven Kemp&#8217;s ridleys and two green sea turtles from the north section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-006.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15470\" title=\"csst500 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-006-480-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Cold-Stunned Kemp&#8217;s Ridley at Bound Brook Island, Wellfleet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15474\" title=\"csst500 008 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-008-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"731\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Stranded Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle at Duck Harbor, Wellfleet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sue rescued nine Kemp&#8217;s ridleys from the pounding surf to the south. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15472\" title=\"csst500 007 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-007-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-007-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-007-480-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Cold-Stunned, But Alive Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Obviously stunned by the cold, nearly all responded with signs of life and most began &#8220;swimming in the air&#8221; as we gently cradled them off the beach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15476\" title=\"csst500 009 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-009-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-009-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-009-480-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Cold-Stunned Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Tossed Ashore by Cape Cod Bay Breakers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15478\" title=\"csst500 010 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-010-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-010-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-010-480-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-010-480-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Deposited on High Tide Wrack Line by Wind and Surf<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-011.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15480\" title=\"csst500 011 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-011-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-011-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-011-480-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Cold-Stunned Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle at Bound Brook Island, Wellfleet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While we can&#8217;t share the marrow-deep chill, our icy soaked feet, the deafening surround-sound roar and the acrid briny smell, we offer these documentary snapshots of this memorable day. Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15482\" title=\"csst500 012 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-012-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-012-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/csst500-012-480-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Turtle Journal Vehicle Filled with 10 Endangered Cold-Stunned Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Wieber Nourse Rescues 5 Lively Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtles from Frigid Cape Cod Bay Friday morning, the 21st, the 500th cold-stunned sea turtle of November 2014 was rescued from a windy, freezing Cape Cod Bay. 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