December 12, 2020 - south side
29 dead newts (of which 7 were juveniles), 0 live newts.
December 12th, 2020 (Saturday) 9:50am-12pm.
Weather: Overcast low clouds, low-mid 60s. Rained gently the previous night and some scattered light drizzle as I was driving down.
Other roadkill: 1 Arboreal Salamander, 1 Western Toad, 1 large millipede, 1 banana slug (A. buttoni), 1 Striped Skunk (which I didn't try to remove, no thanks)
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to stop sign.
Rainfall: MTD 0.32in, YTD 1.25in (per http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php?year=2021)
Traffic: 4 trucks, 36 cars, 9 parked cars, 1 motorcycle, 14 bicycles, 23 walkers.
Pit traps: 10 live newts! First alive newts I've seen in 2020! Also 3 large millipedes and a dwarf tarantula.
The Midpen study area had no newts in their sections of road demarcated by their fences. If they're really doing the 50' either side thing then there was 1 newt in that area, which I reflexively flung into the bushes and couldn't retrieve, so that wasn't so great. It was this one.
All of the newts were very fresh. More of them seemed to be on the east (away from reservoir) side of the road.
Newt map:
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@sea-kangaroo, it's so sad to see these freshly killed newts. The blood and guts are much harder to take than the flat dried-out ones. And the dead babies are heartbreaking. But the most heart-wrenching of all are the injured ones, suffering and not yet dead. Thank you so much for taking pictures of the live newts! It's so wonderful to see them healthy and full of life.
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