North section - 5/31/2023

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)!

Posted on May 31, 2023 08:19 PM by merav