Location: Catherine has not moved from her last location. I believe she may have chosen this location as her hibernation spot for the winter. She is on a souteast facing slope in the middle of the low ropes course just a few yards above the fire ring in the trail.
Habitat: under a small Mtn. Laurel bush (in the below photo) in a mixed hardwood forest edge.
Activity Status: not visible--buried deep in leaf litter.
Day 30 stats
Date: 11-18-08
Time: 9 am
Elevation: ~2941'(GPS)
Humidity: 38.7% RH
Temperature of soil @ 5" deep: 49.7 F
Temperature: 39.5 F at ground level.
Temperature: 37.9 F 5 feet above ground level.
Temperature over entire study site:
Weather: P/C. DSLR: 2.
Precipitation over last 24 hours: 0"
Winds: slight breeze.
Barometric Pressure: 912.8 mbar
Other animal activity in area: none
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