{"id":16323,"date":"2015-05-31T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16323"},"modified":"2015-05-31T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:05:56","slug":"first-diamondback-terrapin-nester-of-2015-on-southcoast-of-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16323","title":{"rendered":"First Diamondback Terrapin Nester of 2015 on SouthCoast of Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-003-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16329\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester 2015 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-003-480-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>First Diamondback Terrapin Nester of 2015 on SouthCoast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This morning the Turtle Journal team discovered the first diamondback terrapin nester of the 2015 season on an isolated and protected Massachusetts SouthCoast beach. \u00c2\u00a0With the first steamy morning of the year on the SouthCoast, Sue Wieber Nourse, Don Lewis and Rufus the Turtle Dog patrolled a sampling of SouthCoast nesting sites in anticipation of finding the year&#8217;s first nester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-004-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16331\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester 2015 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-004-480-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Diamondback Terrapin Nesting Run Tracks<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were not disappointed at our first beach. \u00c2\u00a0At least two female terrapins had come ashore on the morning high tide that coincided with daybreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-005-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16333\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester 2015 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-005-480-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Diamondback Terrapin False (Test) Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We followed one set of tracks as the turtle meandered along the beach, stopping every fifty feet or so to dip a false (test) nest. \u00c2\u00a0We tracked this female as she crawled into the salt marsh without depositing her eggs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-001-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16327\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester 2015 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-002-480-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Diamondback Terrapin Female Rests on Completed Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following a second set of tracks, which also zigzagged up and down the beach, we encountered our first nester of 2015, as she rested atop her completed nest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-001-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16325\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester 2015 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-2015-001-480-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>First Nesting Terrapin of 2015 on Her Completed Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As though posing for scientific documentation, she illustrated precisely what a pristine terrapin beach nest looks like. \u00c2\u00a0A perfect way to indoctrinate a new set of terrapin researchers for the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-Second-Site-001-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16337\" title=\"First SouthCoast Nester Second Site 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-Second-Site-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-Second-Site-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/First-SouthCoast-Nester-Second-Site-001-480-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Nearly Completed False (Test) Nest in Developed Community<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After searching the remainder of the beach, we visited a second site in a developed residential community. \u00c2\u00a0Here, too, a female terrapin had come ashore on the morning tide, dug a couple of false (test) nests, and then returned to the nearby creek without depositing her eggs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The diamondback terrapin nesting season has officially begun on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First 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