{"id":15689,"date":"2015-04-01T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15689"},"modified":"2015-04-01T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T18:55:53","slug":"first-active-southcoast-turtle-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15689","title":{"rendered":"First Active SouthCoast Turtle of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-004-1027.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15697\" title=\"spotted turtle 119 1 Apr 2015 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-004-480-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Sue Wieber Nourse Captures Hardy Male Spotted Turtle #109<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At noon today, April 1st, the Turtle Journal team ventured to Grassi Bog in Marion, MA to determine whether any spotted turtles might be active.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dmcquadelewis\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1342188954\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don Lewis<\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0spied two spotteds basking on a distant island.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-003-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15695\" title=\"spotted turtle 119 1 Apr 2015 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-003-480-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Male Spotted Turtle #109<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sue.w.nourse\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1386140433\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sue Wieber Nourse<\/span><\/a>, covering the other side of the bog, netted hardy Male Spotted Turtle #109 basking on a grass clump between snow and ice patches. \u00c2\u00a0Rufus the Turtle Dog, of course, supervised the entire enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15691\" title=\"spotted turtle 119 1 Apr 2015 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-001-480-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Carapace of Male Spotted Turtle #109 (Note Tail Size)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We first met #109 on 10 April 2014, swimming in the mating aggregation at Grassi Bog with three other males and females. \u00c2\u00a0At the time, he weighed 110 grams and measured 8.75 centimeters straight-line carapace length. \u00c2\u00a0A healthy, young male.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15693\" title=\"spotted turtle 119 1 Apr 2015 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-turtle-119-1-Apr-2015-002-480-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Spotted Male #109 (Note Dark Colored Neck and Thick Tail)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since last year he has done quite well, gaining size and weight, even over this challenging winter. \u00c2\u00a0#109 now weighs 122 grams and measures 9.26 centimeters carapace length.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, FINALLY, the game&#8217;s afoot for turtle research on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0Sue Wieber Nourse Captures Hardy Male Spotted Turtle #109 At noon today, April 1st, the Turtle Journal team ventured to Grassi Bog in Marion, MA to determine whether any spotted turtles might be active.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Don Lewis\u00c2\u00a0spied two spotteds basking on a distant island.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Male Spotted Turtle #109 Sue Wieber Nourse, covering the other side of the 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