{"id":16261,"date":"2015-05-26T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T03:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16261"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T18:11:09","slug":"southcoast-painted-turtles-begin-nesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16261","title":{"rendered":"SouthCoast Painted Turtles Begin Nesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-108-good-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16273\" title=\"POST painted nest 108 good 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-108-good-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-108-good-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-108-good-480-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Female Painted Turtle\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With bright sunshine and rising temperatures, Tuesday afternoon, May 26th, proved extremely active for painted turtle nesting on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. \u00c2\u00a0The Turtle Journal team had found the first SouthCoast nesting turtle, a snapper, in the morning, and we had also observed several painted turtle tracks, but only false nests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-101-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16265\" title=\"POST painted nest 101 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-101-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-101-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-101-480-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Camouflaged Nesting Female Painted Turtle on Bog Bank<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With more favorable conditions, Rufus, the famous turtle dog, found several nesting painted turtles Tuesday afternoon. \u00c2\u00a0No matter how camouflaged the turtles might be, like the one pictured above hiding under dense vegetation on a steep bog bank, Rufus sniffs them out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-104-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16267\" title=\"POST painted nest 104 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-104-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-104-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-104-480-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rufus Guards Female Painted Turtle<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the turtle is found, Rufus remains motionless until her colleagues respond. \u00c2\u00a0Rufus has trained the humans very well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-107-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16271\" title=\"POST painted nest 107 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-107-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-107-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-107-480-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Rufus Points Out Nesting Painted Turtle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As she patrolled the upland pathways surrounding the cranberry bog, Rufus found another nesting painted turtle. \u00c2\u00a0As documented in the photograph above, she patiently stands a comfortable distance from the nesting turtle until she gains our attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-106-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16269\" title=\"POST painted nest 106 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-106-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-106-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-106-480-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Nesting Female Painted Turtle<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unlike diamondback terrapins that avoid grass for nesting, painted turtles prefer grassy spots to dig their nests. \u00c2\u00a0Unlike terrapins and snappers, painted turtle nests tend to be fairly shallow, only a couple of inches below the surface.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-00-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16263\" title=\"POST painted nest 00 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-00-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-00-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/POST-painted-nest-00-480-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Seven Rescued Painted Turtle Eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rufus discovered an abandoned nest containing seven perfect painted turtle eggs where the mother had apparently been disturbed before covering the nest. \u00c2\u00a0Thanks to her skills, these eggs (and the future hatchlings they promise) were saved from certain depredation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With snappers this morning and painted turtles this afternoon, the nesting season is now in full swing on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female Painted Turtle\u00c2\u00a0 With bright sunshine and rising temperatures, Tuesday afternoon, May 26th, proved extremely active for painted turtle nesting on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. \u00c2\u00a0The Turtle Journal team had found the first SouthCoast nesting turtle, a snapper, in the morning, and we had also observed several painted turtle tracks, but only false nests. 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