TURTLE TRACKS

"MOJO'S TRACKS"

DAY 27:


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 27 stats

Date: 01-16-08

Location time: 11:00 am.

Elevation: 3083'

Humidity: 37.5% RH.

Temperature: 45.2 F at ground level.

Temperature: 35.9 F 5 feet above ground level.

Weather: P/C, winter storm warning for next 24 hours. Up to 6+ inches freezing precip predicted.

Winds: calm.

Barometric Pressure: ?

Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous 70% of full.

No movie today.

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