TURTLE TRACKS

"MOJO'S TRACKS"

DAY 35:


Location: Mojo has moved! He is now 98.5 feet S from the dry wash where he was on day 34!

Activity Status: alert. Mojo was sitting in what appeared to be the "escape hole" of a Groundhog (Marmota monax) burrow. The burrow did not appear to be active but it could be that the Groundhog has not come out of hibernation yet!

Habitat: East facing slope on the western 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, mixed grasses and mosses.

Day 35 stats

Date: 03-28-08

Location time: 4:15 pm.

Elevation: 3007'

Humidity: 44.4%RH

Temperature of soil @ 5" deep: 53.7 F

Temperature: 71.6 F at ground level.

Temperature: 70.5 F 5 feet above ground level.

Temperature over entire study site: 62 F at weather station on lodge.

Precipitation over last 24 hours: .00"

Weather: O/C, rain showers-T/Storms predicted for next 24 hours,

Winds: slight westerly breeze.

Barometric Pressure: 909.3 mbar

Moon Phase: waning gibbous 59% of full.

Other animal activity in area: Groundhog burrow previously mentioned.

Check out the new video of Mojo below!!

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