Author Archive for theturtleguy
Story Time and Paper Bag Whales @ NMLC
Okay. It’s summer vacation and it’s raining outside. Did I say, “Raining?” It’s pouring. The kids are nursing yesterday’s sunburn from 12 hours on the beach. And you can’t stand one more rerun of SpongeBob SquarePants. What is a formerly sane parent going to do? Who you gonna call? The smart answer is “the National Marine [...]
Turtle Tanks Move to New NMLC Hospital
Four turtle tanks have been moved into the new NMLC marine animal hospital in downtown Buzzards Bay as the hospital takes shape around them. Construction works moves quickly at the hospital that will open its doors for new patients on October 31st. The NMLC marine animal hospital will rehabilitate sea turtles, seals, porpoises, dolphins and [...]
NMLC Turtle Ward Takes Shape
As steel workers continue to frame out the new NMLC marine animal hospital in Buzzards Bay, other workmen poured and spread concrete to shape out the hospital’s Turtle Ward. The NMLC marine animal hospital will open on October 31 in time to accept the rarest and most endangered sea turtles in the world, Kemp’s ridleys, [...]
FIRST BEAM! Marine Animal Hospital Rises on Cape Cod Canal
With a 250-foot crane, constructions workers began to lift 40-foot/1200-pound steel beams, joists and girts, and assembled these jigsaw puzzle pieces into the new NMLC marine animal hospital in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. This 15,000 square foot, 100,000 gallon marine animal hospital will rehabilitate the world’s rarest and most endangered sea turtles, seals, porpoises, dolphins and [...]
Girls Scouts “Save the World” @ NMLC
A local Girl Scouts Troop has decided to earn its “save the world” badge by helping the National Marine Life Center raise funds for the new marine animal hospital. On July 18th from 11 am to 2 pm, the troop will collect empty redeemable bottles and cans at the NMLC Discovery Center, 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay, [...]
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!! It’s a Building Crane!!!
“Look up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a building crane!” Sound like the opening scene of another Superman rescue? If you’re a stranded marine animal on Cape Cod or in Buzzards Bay, today would seem like Superman has finally arrived. A 250-foot crane towers over the foundation of the new [...]
Life’s a Beach … for “Patty”
Okay, maybe it is a kiddie’s pool, but the sand is real and the sunshine is divine. For the first time since she was found nearly frozen to death on St. Patrick’s Day in Wellfleet Harbor, “Patty” ventured into the open air to bask in July sunshine on Thursday. The full story of her rescue [...]
NMLC Music Video “Pearl Diver”
Enjoy our exciting new National Marine Life Center music video called “Pearl Diver,” artistically created by Jul3ia Richard and Evan Kaigle with post-production editing by Turtle Journal. Jul3ia’s driving rhythm simulates the release of rescued sea turtles back into the ocean, while Evan’s moving images evoke the joy of the National Marine Life Center today and paint the promise of [...]
Fins and Flippers at NMLC
Summer education programs have begun at the National Marine Life Center at 120 Main Street in Buzzards Bay. “Fins and Flippers” kicked off this morning in the Discovery Center with kids and parents having a great time assembling sea turtles from recycled CDs. A donation of $3 for non-members and $1 for members is suggested [...]
NMLC Critter Tank
Can there be anything more exciting to children than a Critter Tank? I think not. Snails and shrimp and crabs, oh my! Children become entranced watching lady (calico) crabs dancing around the tank. Then there are the too proud hermit crabs parading over the rock floor to show off their latest homes, yet coveting everyone else’s shell at [...]
Marine Life After Hours
Have you ever wondered what marine life does after dark? No need to wonder any more. You can join the staff of the National Marine Life Center at 120 Main Street in downtown Buzzards Bay for Marine Life After Hours “nibbles and sips.” Learn more about marine animals; learn more about the ocean; learn more [...]
PIXY 103 Interviews NMLC’s Kathy and Don
Suzanne Tonaire, “Rock Babe” DJ and program director at PIXY 103 for Nassau Broadcasting, interviewed Kathy Zagzebski and Don Lewis about the National Marine Life Center for a show that aired on June 21st and again on July 19th. This 30 minute rocking talkfest ran the gamut from construction of the new marine animal hospital [...]
New Marine Animal Hospital Arrives!
Six flatbed trucks rolled down Main Street, Buzzards Bay this morning. They carried the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital to our site at 120 Main Street where the foundation has been prepared and the building can begin to rise. Our new hospital will open on October 30th just in time to accept [...]
Red-Tummy Turtle Rehab at the National Marine Life Center
CapeCast: Red-tummy turtle rehab Today on Cape Cod Times’ CapeCast: The National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay has become a nursey for a half-dozen endangered Northern red-bellied cooters. Watch them wiggle and wow. ============================================= Cape Cod Times, 16 June 2009, Front Page Above the Fold: Photo by Paul Blackmore of the Cape Cod Times [...]
National Marine Life Center on NPR’s “The Point”
Mindy Todd, national award winning host of The Point on the Cape and the Islands National Public Radio station, interviewed the National Marine Life Center team on Wednesday, June 10th. The interview is posted on the NPR web site and can be heard by clicking here. An integral part of the story about the NMLC and the critical [...]
Marine Life After Hours
Ever wonder what happens to marine life after dark? No need to wonder any more. Check your mailbox for an invitation to a members-only “nibbles and sips” reception from 5:00 to 6:00 pm at the NMLC Discovery Center at 120 Main Street in Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. Dates are available every other Wednesday evening from June [...]
Press Coverage of NMLC Red-Bellied Cooters Released in Middleboro
Six Northern Red-Bellied Cooters headstarted at the National Marine Life Center over the winter have been released into the wild in Middleboro on June 1st, 2009. They joined 132 other red bellies that had been carefully fed and cared for to restore this endangered population of aquatic turtles in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe covered the [...]
Support NMLC with Shaw’s Community Rewards
The National Marine Life Center has been approved for the Shaw’s Community Rewards program. Shaw’s will contribute 1% of each supporter’s eligible Rewards Card purchases made on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays if they use their registered Shaw’s Rewards Card and select the NMLC as their designated non-profit organization. Once you sign up on line (see [...]
New Batch of Northern Red-Bellied Cooters Arrives
The National Marine Life Center turned in its batch of six headstarted Northern Red-Bellied Cooters to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today. These fall hatchlings had been at the center since last September and were deemed large, healthy and releaseable into the wild. However, if you walk into the National Marine Life Center this afternoon, you [...]
Cold-Stunned Terrapin “Patty” Newest Patient
Fourteen-year-old female diamondback terrapin, nicknamed “Patty,” has become the newest patient in the marine animal hospital of the National Marine Life Center. Admitted on Tuesday, Patty was discoverd cold-stunned on St. Patrick’s Day in Chipman’s Cove of Wellfleet Bay on the Outer Cape by the shellfish constable, Andy Koch. You can read about her rescue [...]
