TURTLE TRACKS
"BONES TRACKS"
DAY 36:
Location: Bones is still in hibernation. He is buried under about 5 inches of leaf litter at the base of a Rhododendron a few feet from a 3' diameter pine log.
Activity Status: Inactive and in hibernation
Habitat: Rhododendron thicket on east facing slope.
Day 36 stats
Date: 02-11-08
Location time: 10:30 am.
Elevation: same
Relative Humidity at ground level: 27.1%
Temperature of soil @ 5" deep 41.3F
Temperature at ground level: 54.2F
Temperature 5 feet above ground level: 50.3F
Weather: Clear, sunny, slight breeze, high winds over last 24 hours, rain shower predicted over next 24-36 hours.
Winds: slight breeze.
Barometric Pressure: 922.1 (?) mbar.
Moon Phase: not recored.
Other animal activity in area: There are several instances of Deer droppings near Bones's hibernation spot as well as a small bush that has been horned by a buck deer.
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