Location: Catherine is hibernating. She is on a southeast 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: hibernation. Not visible--buried deep in leaf litter.
Day 34 stats
Date: 01-08-09
Time: 12:30 am
Elevation: ~2941'(GPS)
Humidity at ground level: 59.6% RH
Humidity: at 5 feet above ground level: 40.1% RH
Temperature of soil @ 5" deep: 47.0 F
Temperature: 51.6* F at ground level. *in direct sunlight.
Temperature: 37.9 F 5 feet above ground level.
Temperature over entire study site:
Weather: P/C. DSLR: 0.
Precipitation over last 48 hours: ~3.6" rain.
Winds: breezy.
Barometric Pressure: 897.9 mbar
Other animal activity in area: none
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