North section - 3/10/2023

Friday, 9:10-11:15 am. no live newts, 87 dead newts.
Weather: raining most of the time, very wet. The road was overflowing with water, and waterfalls everywhere, with some landslides in different sections. Before I finished the survey I heard the trucks fixing the largest landslide, just before Priest Rock trailhead.
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked alone.
87 dead newts, 22 on the hill side, 65 on the reservoir side, including 2 juveniles. Many newts have been there for a few days, others were very fresh. I felt like I just missed some of them. I kept looking for live newts, but haven't seen any.
Other roadkills: Jerusalem crickets, earthworms. a tree frog, a bullfrog, and 2 large toads. One of the toads was right after the dam's parking lot, on the reservoir side. It was freshly killed. I wanted to document it on my way back, but it was gone. Maybe an animal took it?
Traffic - 19 cars, 12 trucks (including small firetrucks, County roads, Midpen, and county parks), 0 motorcycles, 0 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 3 parked cars (1 car at the farther parking lot).
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-03-10&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Posted on March 10, 2023 11:05 PM by merav