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Duck Creek Conservation Area

    WILDLIFE

    Drive Carefully: It’s Terrapin Hatchling Season

    Wellfleet’s Duck Creek provides critical habitat for the turtles and their nests

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    WELLFLEET — She pulled up to the gas pump at the Mobil station on Route 6, but I knew she wasn’t there to fill up her tank. She was a diamondback terrapin, cruising around at the head of Duck Creek in search of the perfect spot to lay her eggs.

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