Turtlesinger, Inc.


is a Federal 501(c)3 Public Charity - New Jersey Charities Registration # CH2998200
Mission Statement: To educate and entertain the public about turtles with original songs and/or live turtles.



June 5, 2020



Nesting Season for Diamondback Terrapins!



Pictured left is a diamondback terrapin on Stone Harbor Boulevard. Diamondback terrapins are the only turtle in the world exclusively adapted for life in salt marshes and brackish water environments, so they benefit the most from turtle signs on Stone Harbor Boulevard and the causeways between the barrier islands and the mainland. PLEASE HELP TURTLES (of any kind) CROSS IN THE DIRECTION THEY ARE HEADED! I’m not sure where the turtle crossing signs they usually put up on Stone Harbor Boulevard are this year, but we tried to do our part by putting up a little sign by our mailbox (scroll down to the photo below)…



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Today’s additional turtle question is: What kind of turtle is depicted in the turtle crossing sign we put by our mailbox (pictured left)? Just hit the Feedback button to the right to give your answer.



More about helping terrapins cross the road: try and be sure the turtle wants to cross before you help it cross the road. Diamondback terrapins will often lay their eggs on Stone Harbor Boulevard right next to the pavement, and will look around for the spot they want to choose. Please don’t interrupt a terrapin in the nest-searching, digging, or egg-laying process. Sometimes they come out of the marsh, finish laying their eggs right next to the road and then just go back into the marsh on the same side and they don’t cross the road—but not always! In a perfect world, you or I have time to wait and see if the turtle will need help crossing the road. To see another kind of turtle we helped across Stone Harbor Boulevard, scroll down…



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We were delighted to be able to help this snapping turtle cross Stone Harbor Boulevard, too!



Snapping turtles can also live in the salt marsh with diamondback terrapins, tolerating brackish water. Other turtles who can also tolerate brackish water environments (on World Environment Day!) are mud turtles and red-bellied turtles. We have also helped box turtles cross Stone Harbor Boulevard closer to the Garden State Parkway—near Conover’s farm stand (where diamondback terrapins also like to nest)! We’ve also found box turtles crossing the roads in Avalon. So: even though the Stone Harbor Boulevard turtle signs aren’t up (at least not yet): the turtles and terrapins are coming! Please watch out for them as they will be crossing the roads soon: thank you so much for helping turtles! And thanks as always for reading.





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