Location: Mojo has moved! He has come out of hibernation and has moved 121.5 feet SW from his hibernation hidey-hole where he spent the last 4+ months!
Activity Status: Inactive. Buried head first in a freshly excavated form in the side of a dry wash (below photo of form taken after Mojo had moved on).
Habitat: Southeast 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 34 stats
Date: 03-26-08
Location time: 3:45 pm.
Elevation: 3062'
Humidity: 27.7%RH
Temperature of soil @ 5" deep: 51.2 F
Temperature: 77.1 F at ground level.
Temperature: 78.2 F 5 feet above ground level.
Temperature over entire study site: 65 F at weather station on lodge.
Precipitation over last 24 hours: .00"
Weather: clear, P/C, Low temps. over the last few nights in the high 20's.
Winds: slight breeze.
Barometric Pressure: 915.3 mbar
Moon Phase: waning gibbous .
Other animal activity in area: several Allegheny Mound Builder ants foraging near Mojo.
Check out the new video of Mojo below!
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