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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