Sunday 3/7/2021 - south section

Sunday 8:45-12:00 pm: 139 new dead newts, no live newt!
Weather - Cold at first, then warm. It rained Friday night - heavy rain in San Jose, with puddles present at Lexington. Rain MTD 0.08 in, YTD 9.82 in per http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php
I documented a total of 139 new dead newts, a few juveniles. Some were fresh, some were already dry.
Other roadkills: millipedes, beetles, Jerusalem crickets.
Coverage: from Aldercroft Heights Rd to the first stop sign.
Traffic: 44 cars, 2 motorcycles, 21 bikes, 9 pedestrians, and 12 cars parked by the road.
I haven't seen the HTH team. I walked by #6 before they were there, and there were about 5-7 dead newts there. I only documented 2 of them, that were on the west side of the road. I didn't document the rest that were on the other side. By the time I was back, they were already gone. The 2 documented were added to the population study and not to this 2021 project.
A link to all my newt observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-03-07&place_id=any&subview=grid&taxon_id=27816&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Posted on March 9, 2021 07:55 PM by merav merav

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