165 dead newts, no live ones
Found 165 dead newts, no live newts. Only a few were fresh, the rest pretty dry
March 14, Thursday, 9:00-10:20 am, from the quarry to some gate
Weather: nice, four days after the last rain. frost in the morning in San Jose. Highest temp - 65.5.
Saw 12 cars, 8 trucks, 5 runners, and 2 bikes.
In addition to the newts, I saw 1 dead Western Fence Lizard and 1 dead California Tortoiseshell butterfly, reported on https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/other-roadkill-lexington-reservoir-area
Didn't see any live newts in the little pool by the Limekiln trailhead
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Merav, many thanks for collecting this roadkill data! Hopefully the newts you saw in the little pool have returned safely to the highlands. Every live newt is precious to me now after seeing all the carnage.
Hi Merav (@merav),
I use the following website to get the weather info (rainfall and temperature) for this study. It may not be the closest weather station to Lexington Reservoir County Park, but it presents the data I need in a format that can be easily copied into an Excel spreadsheet. If the need arises, we can research which is the closest weather station to the study area and use their numbers instead if they differ appreciably from this weather station.
http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php?year=2019
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