Location: Mojo has not moved from his previous location. He is still hibernating in the area of very dense briers where I found him on day 14. At that time he was partially buried in the leaf litter under a 3" diameter American Holly tree. As you can see from the above photo his transmitter and a small part of his shell were visible on day 14. 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 28 stats
Date: 01-21-08
Location time: 9:00 am.
Elevation: 3083'
Humidity: 37.1% RH.
Temperature: 35.5 F at ground level.
Temperature: 29.0 F 5 feet above ground level.
Weather: Clear, cold, temps in single digits over last few nights with wind chill values below zero. ~4-6 snow over last few days.
Winds: calm.
Barometric Pressure: 747.5 (?) mbar
Moon Phase: full.
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