TURTLE TRACKS

"MOJO'S TRACKS"

DAY 26:


Location: Mojo has not moved from his previous location. He is still in the area of very dense briers where I found him on day 14. At that time he was buried in the leaf litter under a 3" diameter American Holly tree and as you can see from the above photo his transmitter and a small part of his shell is visible in the top center of the photo. Since that time more leaves have fallen and totally covered him under about 4 inches of dry leaves.

Activity Status: Inactive and in hibernation.

Habitat: South facing slope on the northern edge of the old field. The tree cover is a regnerating forest of young American Holly, Dogwood, Poplar and Red Maple and with a ground cover and understory of Greenbrier, Multiflora Rose, Blackberry, Blueberry and mixed grasses.

Day 26 stats

Date: 01-04-08

Location time: 4:00 pm.

Elevation: 3083'

Humidity: 35.0% RH.

Temperature: 43.0 F at ground level.

Temperature: 38.6 F 5 feet above ground level.

Weather: Clear, cold, lows around 10 F over last few nights. Light snow on 1/1-1/2. Some patches of snow remaining approx. 10 feet from Mojo's location.

Winds: calm.

Barometric Pressure: 845.8

Moon Phase: Waning crescent 1% of full.

No movie today.

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