South section - 3/24/2023

Friday, 9:15-12:00 pm. 0 live newts, 145 dead newts. We had a much higher number of newts, and a high number of juveniles.
Weather: cold
Coverage: the first stop sign to Aldercroft Heights intersection. I walked with Molly.
Newts: we had 145 dead newts, with many juveniles this time, including many tiny ones. We had 45 of the newts on the hill side (5 juveniles), and 100 (39 juveniles) on the reservoir side.
Other roadkills: Santa Cruz Black Salamander, a toad, frogs, earthworms, many large millipedes, a beetle, a caterpillar.
Traffic: 93 cars, 37 trucks (Many County Roads trucks), 0 motorcycles, 8 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 5 parked cars.
These numbers reflect the road closure, forcing the entire community living by the road to use ABR to leave the area. There were no parked cars (other than a few trucks), no users of that section of the road. The north section was different - a few cars in the Miller parking lot, several cars by each trail head, reflecting the nice weather.
We spoke with a couple of County Roads people about the newts and the conditions of the road.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-03-24&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any
Molly's observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-03-24&place_id=any&user_id=molly2&verifiable=any

Publicado el 26 de marzo de 2023 a las 03:51 PM por merav