{"id":5342,"date":"2001-05-29T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2001-05-29T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2010-03-12T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T22:00:42","slug":"on-land-and-sea-%e2%80%94-29-may-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5342","title":{"rendered":"On Land and Sea \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 29 May 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">While raising the flag this morning under bright sunshine and a snapping southwest breeze, I was visited by Bill Walker, a summer resident on Lieutenant Island and member in good standing of the Paludal Posse.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year, he and his wife Florence found a female nesting in their driveway \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a good 1\/4 mile uphill trek from the nearest marsh.\u00c2\u00a0 That protected nest yielded a dozen perfect hatchlings in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5344\" title=\"05-29-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-1.jpg\" alt=\"05-29-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Terrapin Hatchling Over-Wintered in Bill Walker&#8217;s Basement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Today Bill had another story to tell.\u00c2\u00a0 Just back for the summer, he was cleaning the basement and swept up a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stone\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that decided to start moving when it felt the broom.\u00c2\u00a0 He picked up a 2.66-centimeter, 5-gram diamondback terrapin.\u00c2\u00a0 Examining the walk-in basement from the outside, I found a small space under its wooden doors through which a baby turtle could wander.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5345\" title=\"05-29-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-2.jpg\" alt=\"05-29-2\" width=\"480\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-2-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling with Beautiful Gray Eyes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">This foundling was a long, long way from safety in the marsh.\u00c2\u00a0 And thanks to the Walkers, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll now have a chance to make it in the wild.\u00c2\u00a0 Quite an attractive critter, she had unusually light gray eyes around a dark pupil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5346\" title=\"05-29-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-3.jpg\" alt=\"05-29-3\" width=\"480\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-3-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Diamondback\u00c2\u00a0Terrapin #1075 with Large Male Tail<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">In Blackfish Creek this morning, we found terrible visibility caused by several days of southwest winds and thunderstorms churning up the bottom.\u00c2\u00a0 We also found a mature male turtle (#1075) seen for the first time.\u00c2\u00a0 He measured a little over 12 centimeters and hit the scales at 282 grams.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle 1075 sported a stylish Poirot-esque mustache, was still heavily caked in mud, showed pocks and minor scarring of his plastron, and a hard sore on the underside of his right rear limb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-4-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5347\" title=\"05-29-4 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-4-480.jpg\" alt=\"05-29-4 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-4-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/05-29-4-480-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Kids Help Release Terrapin #1075 into Blackfish Creek<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">The highlight of the day, though, was a chance to indoctrinate some new recruits for the Paludal Posse.\u00c2\u00a0 Joe, Kira, and James happened to be visiting the island from the mainland with their parents, saw our research activity, and had the good sense to join in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While raising the flag this morning under bright sunshine and a snapping southwest breeze, I was visited by Bill Walker, a summer resident on Lieutenant Island and member in good standing of the Paludal Posse.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year, he and his wife Florence found a female nesting in their driveway \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a good 1\/4 mile uphill 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