Mar 7, 2021 (Sunday) - North Side

Conducted survey of North side from 9:50 am - 1:00 pm. Weather was 50F, sunny.

Documented 125 Newts, of which 2 were juveniles. No live newts seen :(
Other documented roadkill: None observed.

Midpen study: Pit traps were emptied before I arrived and there were no roadkill newts in their road sections.

Documented Human Activity:
Cars: 233
Motorcycles: 4
Bikes: 56
Pedestrians: 38
Parked Cars: 106

Notes:
To be honest, I was kind of envious of Merav's and Cynthia's low numbers in the past week and was hoping I will get to experience the same joys, but fate had other plans. It did rain on Friday night, so I was naïve in assuming I would be let off the hook easy. I got a late start to the day because it was 39F when I was supposed to leave for my bike ride. The time I started the survey couldn't have been worse.
Even before reaching HTH study site #1, I had counted 100+ cars. It seemed COVID-19 vaccines were being distributed on Alma Bridge road considering the heavy traffic.

One family stopped and asked what I was doing, and I went through the entire TED talk and then the lady said " Oh, so you are saving the environment!" to which I responded with an awkward yes.

Two bikers asked me what the time was.

Link to my observations for today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-03-07&place_id=any&q=roadkill&user_id=karangattu&verifiable=any

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Posted on March 8, 2021 01:49 AM by karangattu karangattu

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