Feb 3, 2023 - North Segment - lots of live newts Friday
I surveyed the north segment alone from 9:39 am - 1:41 pm. Intermittent light/moderate rain, temperatures from 47 to 51 F, winds from 5 - 12 mph.
I documented a total of 310 newts:
- 10 live California newts: 9 adults and 1 juvenile. 7 of them were heading towards the reservoir. The other 3, including the juvenile, were headed uphill away from the reservoir.
- 3 injured California newts, all adults.
- 297 dead newts: 211 on the uphill side and 96 on the reservoir side. All adults.
There were 58 cars, 27 trucks, 4 bikes, and 3 pedestrians
Other roadkill: bullfrog, something small and furry, earthworm
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wow, so many dead and live newts! thank you for documenting them all, in the rain...
If you can find the injured ones, please add them to this project - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pacific-newts-injured-lexington-reservoir
Hi Merav, I added the injured newts to the project.
thanks, @molly2!
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