TURTLE TRACKS
"MOJO'S TRACKS"
DAY 33:

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 33 stats
Date: 03-21-08
Location time: 2:00 pm.
Elevation: 3083'
Humidity: 33.2%RH
Temperature of soil @ 5" deep: 47.6 F
Temperature: 70.2 F at ground level.
Temperature: 67.7 F 5 feet above ground level.
Temperature over entire study site: 62.5 F at weather station on lodge.
Precipitation over last 24 hours: .00"
Weather: clear, 2" rain on 3/19.
Winds: slight SE breeze.
Barometric Pressure: 914.2 mbar
Moon Phase: full.
Other animal activity in area: none
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