TURTLE TRACKS

"MOJO'S TRACKS"

DAY 34:


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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