South Section - 04/16/2024

Time: 9:06 am-12:09 pm
Weather: clear skies, minimal wind. Temperature was 52 degrees F at the start of the patrol, and climbed to 68 degrees by the end.
Coverage: The south section of Alma Bridge Road from the Aldercroft Heights Road intersection to the stop sign and back.
Traffic: Cars: 18; Trucks: 18 (one was a small firetruck, another was a truck hauling an equipment trailer); bicycles: 7; motorcycles: 6; pedestrians: 1; parked cars: 5
Newts: dead newts=25, of which 4 were juveniles; no live newts; Of the dead newts: 9 were found on the Reservoir side, and 16 were found on the hill side of ABR.
Other roadkill: 1 moth caterpillar, which I included in my uploaded observations; a few earthworms.

link to my observations of the day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-16&place_id=any&user_id=motherpurina&verifiable=any

Posted on April 16, 2024 10:17 PM by motherpurina