Friday, 9:20-1:15 pm. 1 live newt! We had 295 dead newts, again mostly tiny juveniles, in 2 main areas.
Weather: very cold. We could feel the frost on the road, and even saw frost on some of the newts. Steam came out of the ground! It rained well the day before the survey.
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Sophie and Rani.
Newts: we had 295 dead newts, 219 of them juveniles. 96 of the newts (60 Juveniles) were found on the reservoir side, and 199 (159 juveniles) on the hill side. Most juveniles were at the Soda Spring intersection again, but not all. There were some along the road, with a hotspot on the other side of the same hill.
The live newt was found "frozen" by the road. It didn't move at all until it got a bit warmer. It walked in a weird way, we weren't sure if it was wounded.
Other roadkills: centipedes, millipede, caterpillars, 2 toads, 1 slender salamander, a little bird. I also saw another dead bird on the way back from the survey. And deer trying to cross the road on the way in. The doe crossed the road, but her 2 babies hesitated on the other side.
Traffic: 27 cars, 1 truck, 1 motorcycle, 4 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 1 parked car.
A lady on a motorcycle stopped by to ask about the newts, and was curious to hear if things are going to change for the better for the newts.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-12-02&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Wednesday, 9:12-12:33 pm. no live newt! We had 213 dead newts, some tiny juveniles, other adult-size.
Weather: very cold. The road was wet, the newts were mostly fresh.
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Kat.
Newts: we had 213 dead newts, 100 of them juveniles. 97 of the newts (49 Juveniles) were found on the reservoir side, and 116 (51 juveniles) on the hill side.
Other roadkills: centipedes, millipede, 2 tree frogs, 12 banana slugs! No caterpillars for the first time, after finding so many of them every week...
Traffic: 31 cars, 3 truck, 0 motorcycles, 5 bikes, 3 pedestrians, 3 parked cars.
We had one conversation with a guy who lives up Soda Spring Rd, that was very interested in the newts and the crossings. He said he and his neighbors help them cross the road
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&on=2022-12-07&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=1&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Wednesday, 9:15-12:40 pm. no live newts, We had 124 dead newts, about half tiny juveniles, other adult-size.
Weather: very cold - started at 3C!
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Kat and Efren.
Newts: we had 124 dead newts, 62 of them juveniles. 55 of the newts (31 Juveniles) were found on the reservoir side, and 69 (31 juveniles) on the hill side.
Other roadkills: centipedes, millipede, slender salamander, and the caterpillars are back!
Traffic: 29 cars, 8 trucks (SJJJ, County Parks, propane), 0 motorcycles, 3 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 1 parked car.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-12-14&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Saturday, 9:15-11:40 pm. no live newts, about 20 dead newts.
Weather: very cold again - started at 3C!
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Roberta and Jaime.
Newts: had 13 dead newts, 4 of them juveniles. 4 of the newts (0 Juveniles) were found on the reservoir side, and 9 (4 juveniles) on the hill side. Robertan had ?? newts on the hill side.
Other roadkills: centipedes, Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Traffic: 18 cars, 1 truck, 0 motorcycles, 16 bikes, 6 pedestrians, 1 parked car.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-12-17&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I walked with Rani on the Jones Trail/North segment on 12/9/2022 from 9:37 am to 12:56 pm. We observed 9 dead juvenile newts and 185 dead adult newts. No live newts observed. Other roadkill included millipedes, slugs, and a western toad. Weather was 48 F, light winds, partly cloudy. There were 68 cars, 5 trucks, 10 bikes, and 3 pedestrians.

Sunday, 9:14-12:05 pm. One live newt, about 116 dead newts.
Weather: Partly cloudy and pretty chilly, started at 47F; warmed up after walking more
Coverage: Jones Trail/North segment. I walked with Emely and Hector.
Newts: had 116 dead newts, 2 of them juveniles. 43 of the newts (1 Juveniles) were found on the reservoir side, and 73 (1 juveniles) on the hill side, 5 were undocumented because they were too far gone.
Other roadkill: mouse, frog or toad, multiple millipedes (undocumented)
Traffic: 23 cars, 1 truck, 1 motorcycles, 9 bikes, 18 pedestrians, 24 parked car.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-12-25&place_id=any&user_id=sophie1037&verifiable=any