North side - 3/3/2020 · iNaturalist NZ

March 3, 2020 (Wednesday) 9:00 am – 11:30 am: 1 freshly killed newt, and 7 more new ones.
The weather was nice and warm.
I've only included fresh-looking newts. 1 of them was killed this morning. I tried to remove (kick to shoulder) all newts that weren't attached. I need to check for duplicates, as it is so hard to tell whether they were killed two days ago or two weeks ago.
I saw at least 1 live newt in the little pond near Limekiln trailhead. Last year I saw newts there often, this year I think this was the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen them. I also went down to the lake near limekiln trailhead looking for newts, and saw none. I didn't see any water in the little creek there this year. Last year I saw newts there, mating.

Other roadkills - 2 toads, 1 Jerusalem cricket, 2 millipedes.
Coverage: north part - the county park parking lot till the second stop sign.
Rainfall: (MTD: 0.02 in; YTD: 15.21 in), nice and warm (25C). Data from - http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php
Traffic: 1 trucks, 29 cars (including 3 road-maintenance pickup trucks), 5 bikes, 2 bikes, 7 pedestrians.
Checking for duplicates:

Posted on March 4, 2020 05:48 AM by

merav

North side - 3/3/2020

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