North Section: Monday February 21, 2022

Conducted survey of the North section from 8:46 am - 12:45 pm. Weather was 40° F, clear skies when I started.

Observers: Karan, Lauren and Janet (WCSV volunteers)

Documented 403 Dead newts. No distinct juvenile size from my recollection. No live newts :(

Documented Human Activity:
Cars:86
Motorcycles: 0
Bikes: 13
Pedestrian: 24
Parked cards: 20

Notes: I did observe quite a few floaters (i.e. dead newts on the side of the road that were peeled already from the ground), so I asked the volunteers to either throw them off the side of the hill or dig a shallow grave to avoid double dipping in the future.

3 groups of pedestrians stopped by to ask what we were doing. One of them exclaimed "Oh so these are the same ones they have on the road signs. I was thinking do the signs show a crocodile crossing? I didn't even know if we had crocodiles in this area". Another person asked what are the possible solutions to avoid this to which I discussed road closures, elevated roads..blah blah. Although he wasn't sold on any of the options except road closures. And one couple was just curious if these were the same things they saw on the side of their trails while hiking.

Link to my observations for today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-02-21&place_id=any&q=roadkill&subview=map&user_id=karangattu&verifiable=any

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Publicado el 22 de febrero de 2022 por karangattu karangattu

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Crocodiles? That's a new one. A few weeks ago I had to explain the difference between a newt and a slug...
86 cars?!?

Publicado por merav hace alrededor de 2 años

I think 86 cars can be attributed to the long weekend
(president's day holiday on Monday).

Publicado por karangattu hace alrededor de 2 años

Indeed!

Publicado por merav hace alrededor de 2 años

@karangattu, at least those signs are good for something - they've kept the crocodiles off Alma Bridge Rd.! 🐊

Publicado por truthseqr hace alrededor de 2 años

haha

Publicado por karangattu hace alrededor de 2 años

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