North Section - 12/28/2021
Walked with my two young adult daughters from 11:00 to 1:00. They were hoping to see a live newt but no dice, just a slender salamander. The road was closed at about a third of the way due to a landslide and still we had 143 dead newts! The road crew that was cleaning up the landslide said that the day before (while it was raining) they had seen many live newts, both on the road and at the sides of the road. Because of the rain there were many dead newts, sadly.
Dead newts: 143
Live newts: 0
Dead banana slugs: 3
Trucks: 5
Backhoe: 1
Pickup Trucks: 9
Cars: 42
Parked cars: 10
Location of road closure: 37°11'55.8"N 121°58'50.6"W
Comments
Thanks for the survey & info, @monicarichards! Did you document the slender salamander? was it alive?
Did you happen to ask the time of day the crew had seen the live newts, (when they had responded the day before)?
When these little guys are actually trying to get across the road could be valuable info to have in our database. Jim S.
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