{"id":8622,"date":"2011-04-05T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2011-04-06T09:35:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T14:35:05","slug":"mating-pair-of-wood-frogs-at-goldwitz-bog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8622","title":{"rendered":"Mating Pair of Wood Frogs at Goldwitz Bog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-001-cropped-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8624\" title=\"wood frog apr 11 001 cropped 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-001-cropped-480.jpg\" alt=\"wood frog apr 11 001 cropped 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-001-cropped-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-001-cropped-480-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Female Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Today, April 5th, was mild in the mid-50s and overcast with some gentle rain.\u00c2\u00a0 We had hoped the temperatures and the rain would continue into the dark to entice spotted salamanders to begin their mating congress.\u00c2\u00a0 So, Turtle Journal drove to a nearby abandoned cranberry bog, the Goldwitz Bog, in Marion on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts to see what might be afoot.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, temperatures had plunged to 41F and the rain had ceased.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/O_VPY34aIrE?hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/O_VPY34aIrE?hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Mating Pair of Wood Frogs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">As we checked the shallow channels in the abandoned bog, Sue Wieber Nourse spotted a pair of mating frogs seemingly frozen at the surface of\u00c2\u00a0the water.\u00c2\u00a0 She scooped them in her collection net for closer examination.\u00c2\u00a0 Wood frogs are an early harbinger of springtime on the SouthCoast and may begin their mating rituals in temperatures around 41F.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-013-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8628\" title=\"wood frog apr 11 013 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-013-480.jpg\" alt=\"wood frog apr 11 013 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-013-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wood-frog-apr-11-013-480-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Pair of Wood Frogs, SouthCoast of Massachusetts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once we documented the\u00c2\u00a0adorable couple, we released them back into the bog to complete the evening&#8217;s dance card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Today, April 5th, was mild in the mid-50s and overcast with some gentle rain.\u00c2\u00a0 We had hoped the temperatures and the rain would continue into the dark to entice spotted salamanders to begin their mating congress.\u00c2\u00a0 So, Turtle Journal drove to a nearby abandoned cranberry bog, the Goldwitz Bog, in 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