{"id":4129,"date":"2010-02-08T23:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2010-02-09T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:22:06","slug":"tale-of-two-turtle-journals-south-versus-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4129","title":{"rendered":"Tale of Two Turtle Journals, South Versus North"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vanderbilt<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Terns Savor Gulf Coast Sunshine in Naples<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One\u00c2\u00a0half of\u00c2\u00a0the Turtle Journal team researches the “beach scene” along the Gulf Coast of Southwest Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 Regal\u00c2\u00a0visitors such as these royal terns flock to the warm sands of Vanderbilt Beach in February.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Shores abound in variety and vibrancy.<\/p>\n

Contrasting with southerly vistas of glistening sands and\u00c2\u00a0bountiful wildlife in Florida, the other half of the Turtle Journal team slogs through jumbles of ice floes that clog bayside estuaries of Outer Cape Cod.\u00c2\u00a0 January Wolf Moon tides piled multi-ton ice slabs onto the marsh like too generous servings of IHOP pancakes.<\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/a><\/p>\n

Ice Floes Clog Loagy Bay in South Wellfleet, Cape Cod<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today’s posting compares visual vignettes from the two research sites: a Dickensian Tale of Two Journals<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair …<\/em>“<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Coconut<\/a><\/p>\n

Tropical Coconut Washes Ashore on Gulf Coast<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/a><\/p>\n

Ice Clogged Inside “Elbow” of Cape Cod Bay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Vanderbilt<\/a><\/p>\n

Stone Crab on Vanderbilt Beach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/a><\/p>\n

Arctic-Like Conditions at Point of Rocks, Brewster<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Vanderbilt<\/a><\/p>\n

Southwest Florida Horseshoe Crab<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royal Terns Savor Gulf Coast Sunshine in Naples One\u00c2\u00a0half of\u00c2\u00a0the Turtle Journal team researches the “beach scene” along the Gulf Coast of Southwest Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 Regal\u00c2\u00a0visitors such as these royal terns flock to the warm sands of Vanderbilt Beach in February.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Shores abound in variety and vibrancy. Contrasting with southerly vistas of glistening sands and\u00c2\u00a0bountiful wildlife in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,824],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}