I surveyed with Merav from 9 - 11 am. The weather was 46° F but felt warmer.

We saw one live newt in the seep by Limekiln Canyon trail but it ducked into the sedges so we weren't able to photograph it. Later we saw another live newt swimming in the reservoir at Limekiln Canyon Road.

89 dead newts. 21 on the uphill site, 68 on the reservoir side. 7 of the newts were juvenile, 82 were adult. The juveniles were all on the reservoir side.

There were 113 cars, 16 trucks, 8 bikes, and 7 pedestrians. One of the pedestrians stopped to talk about the newts.

Thursday, 12:38-2:50. 0 live newts, 107 dead newts.
Weather: nice! I walked late today. No rain since last week.
Coverage: the first stop sign to Aldercroft Heights intersection. I walked alone.
Newts: I had 107, including 16 juveniles. I had 41 of the newts on the hill side (11 juveniles), and 66 (5 juveniles) on the reservoir side.
Other roadkills: garter snake, many frogs, unknown amphibians, a few baby fence lizards, millipedes, beetles - another glowworm larva, a grasshopper.
Traffic: 94 cars, 16 trucks (SJJJ, USPS), 11 motorcycles, 16 bikes (including Jim!), 0 pedestrians, 2 parked cars. 2 cars in the Miller parking lot.
I carried the new stickers with me, which was great - one resident stopped to ask me about the newts, and got a pretty sticker. Then two other women stopped, in two cars, and wanted to take a photo of the vest, and then a selfie with me :) they got a sticker as well, and were very happy! I need to carry more stickers next time...
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-04-06&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I surveyed April 2, 2023 from 9:15 - 11:30. It was misty, but no real rain fell. Temperatures were 46° to 51° F, and winds up to 20 mph!

I found 80 dead newts, no live newts, all adults. 24 on uphill side, 56 reservoir side. There were two newt egg balls and a tree frog in the Limekiln Canyon seep.

There were 84 cars, 41 trucks, 7 bicyclists, and 1 pedestrian. Lots of cars just flying down the road. The rowing club had a coach bus for crew practice and a single truck hauling their longboats on a trailer.

Other roadkill: Jerusalem cricket, treefrog, millipede, and slug.

Thursday, 11:30-1:50. 0 live newts, 151 dead newts.
Weather: nice, a bit hot.
Coverage: from the first stop sign to Aldercroft Heights intersection. I walked alone.
Newts: I had 151, including 21 juveniles. I had 55 of the newts on the hill side (9 juveniles), and 90 (12 juveniles) on the reservoir side.
Other roadkills: Ring-necked Snake, frogs, toads (2 huge ones, 1 small), baby fence lizards, slender salamanders, millipedes, cricket, a turkey, a little rodent, 2 sphinx moths.
Traffic: 82 cars, 16 trucks (SJJJ, USPS, UPS, Fedex, PGE), 0 motorcycles, 8 bikes, 2 pedestrians, 2 parked cars.
One driver asked me about the newts, hoping they could avoid them on the road.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-04-13&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Tuesday, 9:45-12:15 pm. 0 live newts, 34 dead newts.
Weather: nice, a bit cold.
Coverage: from the first stop sign to Aldercroft Heights intersection. I walked alone.
Newts: I had 34, including 9 juveniles. I had 16 of the newts on the hill side (1 juvenile), and 18 (7 juveniles) on the reservoir side.
Other roadkills: frogs, a toad, baby fence lizard, slender salamanders, millipedes.
Traffic: 53 cars, 7 trucks (SJJJ, USPS, County Roads), 0 motorcycles, 7 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 2 parked cars (2 cars at the Miller parking lot).
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-04-18&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I walked from 9:40 to 12:15. The weather was warm and sunny-- 61 to 72 F with light winds from the north. It was a nice day to be out.

I saw O live newts, 94 dead newts: 68 on reservoir side, 26 on uphill side. 3 were juveniles (2 on reservoir side, 1 on uphill side), the rest adults.

There were 132 cars, 24 trucks, 12 bicyclists, and 6 pedestrians.

Other roadkill: 3 male fence lizards, a treefrog.

There's still water in the Lime Kiln road seep but I didn't see the egg masses. There's lots of tree frogs there though! They chirp as they jump in the seep. And there's still a lot of pollywogs in the puddle across the road from the Lexington Reservoir Regional Park sign.

Friday, 9:15-13:15 pm. 0 live newts, 11 dead newts.
Weather: nice, a bit cold.
Coverage: from the first stop sign to Aldercroft Heights intersection. I walked alone.
Newts: I had 11 newts, including 1 juvenile. 6 of the newts on the hill side (1 juvenile), and 5 on the reservoir side.
Other roadkills: night snake, toad, fence lizards, moths, butterflies, a scorpion.
Traffic: 46 cars, 4 trucks (USPS), 1 motorcycle, 24 bikes, 2 pedestrians, 0 parked cars (3 cars at the Miller parking lot).
I had a nice conversation with a neighbor about the newts.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-04-28&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I walked from 9:30 to 11:15. The weather was 74 to 84 F with light winds from the south and east.

I saw 0 live newts and only 11 dead newts: 9 on reservoir side, 2 on uphill side. All adults.

There were 64 cars, 21 trucks, 4 bicyclists, and 3 pedestrians.

Other roadkill: darkling beetles, a caterpillar, and several checkerspot butterflies.

There's still water in the Lime Kiln road seep. No eggs.

I talked with several hikers about the project.