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<\/a><\/p>\nSix-Year-Old Juvenile Female Terrapin<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n In the afternoon, Turtles of Cape Cod Field School participants launched kayaks and canoes into Loagy Bay in search of juvenile diamondback terrapins.\u00c2\u00a0 Threatening heavy winds held off and the day proved perfect for turtles and turtlers.\u00c2\u00a0 Four young terrapins were netted\u00c2\u00a0from the shallows at the edge of\u00c2\u00a0Loagy Bay.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition, students spotted many small, silver dollar sized juveniles along the salt marsh\u00c2\u00a0rim of Loagy Bay that may represent the hiding place for terrapins\u00c2\u00a0during their “Lost Years.”<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Field School Arrives on Mill Hill Island in Loagy Bay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n After capturing\u00c2\u00a0four young\u00c2\u00a0turtles with hand nets from kayaks, field school participants paddled eastward to Mill Hill Island to search for signs of nesting.\u00c2\u00a0 In this area where terrapin nests had been documented in 2000 and 2001, they discovered more than five fox dens, several of which had been recently active.\u00c2\u00a0 No active terrapin nests were observed.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Turtles of Cape Cod Field School Flotilla<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Kayaks and canoes offered many choices for participants to experience a completely different aspect of turtle research.\u00c2\u00a0 With Loagy Bay water temperatures soaring, terrapins moved wtih the quickness and speed of a submerged race car.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n