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Nesting Season a Good Reason for Drivers to Slow Down

STONE HARBOR — While Memorial Day is often referred to as the unofficial start to summer, it is the official start of nesting season for the area’s diamondback terrapins.

Signs along roads such as Stone Harbor Boulevard, Ocean Drive, Avalon Boulevard and other streets bordering the area’s marshes warn motorists of terrapin crossings and to slow down.