Friday, 9:00-10:50 am. no live newts, 48 dead newts.
Weather: nice. Light rain most days this week.
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked with Keith.
We had 48 newts, 13 on the hill side, 35 on the reservoir side, including about 6 juveniles.
Other roadkills: slender salamander, bees. I saw two deer dead on 17 on the way to Lexington.
Traffic - 51 cars, 27 trucks (including Midpen, FedEx, tree removal) 0 motorcycles, 6 bikes, 11 pedestrians, 25 parked cars (0 cars at the farther parking lot).
We had a nice conversation with a few ladies traveling through the area, who were very concerned about the newts.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=37.24705704070262&nelng=-121.91476733889431&on=2023-05-05&place_id=any&swlat=37.152984494638076&swlng=-122.03973682131618&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Friday, 9:00-10:45 am. no live newts, 4 dead newts.
Weather: cold in the morning, warm at the end
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked with Keith.
We had 4 newts, 1 juvenile. All very dry. Finally, this season is about to end...
Other roadkills: tree frog, bumble bee, beetles.
Traffic - 48 cars, 9 trucks (including Midpen) 0 motorcycles, 4 bikes, 4 pedestrians, 18 parked cars (2 cars at the farther parking lot).
We talked with two concerned couples about the newts.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-05-12&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Wednesday, 9:00-10:45 am. no live newts, 2 dead newts.
Weather: cold!
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked alone.
I had 2 newts, bees, beetles.
Traffic - 30 cars, 14 trucks, 0 motorcycles, 14 bikes, 2 pedestrians, 38 parked cars (2 cars at the farther parking lot). 20-30 bikes went on the road just before I started.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-05-24&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I surveyed the north segment from 9:15 to 11 am. The weather was nice, in the lower 60s with light winds.

I found zero newts.

There were 33 cars, 13 trucks, 1 pedestrian, and 5 bicyclists.

Other roadkill was limited to darkling beetles.

Wednesday, 9:30-11:10 am. no live newts, 2 dead newts.
Weather: nice
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked alone.
I had 2 newts and a cranefly.
I encountered deer trying to cross the road twice today, bot times cars were driving by. The first was a doe and 2 fawns, the second was a doe.
Traffic - 38 cars, 15 trucks, 0 motorcycles, 3 bikes, 6 pedestrians, 12 parked cars (2 cars at the farther parking lot).
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-05-31&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

This was the last official survey of the season! With 6,511 dead newts, this is our second-highest number so far. We are now at 30,313 dead newts on 4.2 miles of Alma Bridge Rd since 2017.
Thanks everyone for helping out this season (and past)!