Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Coverage: from the intersection of Aldercroft Heights Road and Alma Bridge Road, to the stop sign, then back.
Time: 8:51 am - 10:10 am
Weather: clear skies, no wind. Temperature started at 58 degrees F, climbing to 66 degrees F by the end of the patrol
Traffic=cars: 21, trucks=9; 3-axle trucks=3; parked cars=7; bicycles=5; pedestrians=1
There were 2 people surveying along the side of ABR;
One of the 3 axle trucks was a parked Firetruck with crew descending to the reservoir.
Newts: 0 dead newts; 0 live newts
Other findings: 1 live beetle walking in the middle of ABR. I placed it back on the side of the road.

My observations: none to report.

Friday, May 10, 2024, South Section of Alma Bridge Road
Time: 8:54 am-11:01 am
Weather: Clear skies; no wind; Temperature was 57 degrees F at the beginning of the patrol, and reached 75 degrees F by the end of the patrol
Traffic: Cars=13, trucks=11 (one of which was towing a long flat-bed trailer); parked cars=5; bicycles=7, pedestrians=1, motorcycles=1
Newts: 3 dead, adult newts (1 on reservoir side; 2 on hill side); no juveniles; no live newts
Other findings: Western Alligator lizard

My observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-05-10&place_id=any&user_id=motherpurina&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Amphibia,Reptilia

Wednesday, 12:25-2:15 pm. 3 dead newts, no live ones
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked alone.
I documented 3 dead newts.
Other roadkill: a bird, a fence lizard, and a checkerspot butterfly.
Traffic - 33 cars, 13 trucks, 1 motorcycle, 12 bikes, 7 pedestrians, 20 parked cars (5 at the Miller parking lot!).
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-05-09&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Friday, 8:50-10:30 am. 1 dead newt, no live ones
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign. I walked alone.
I documented 1 dead newt.
Other roadkill: beetles, crickets, and a juvenile rattlesnake.
Traffic - 28 cars, 15 trucks, 1 motorcycle, 3 bikes, 15 pedestrians, 18 parked cars.
I had a nice conversation with a Midpen ranger. He got a sticker!
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-05-03&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

I walked the south section of Alma Bridge Road, from the intersection at Aldercroft Heights Road to the stop sign.
Time: 9:05 am - 11:00 am
Weather: Clear skies, slight wind. Temperature started at 58 degrees F, and climbed to 65 degrees F by the end of the patrol
Traffic: 7 cars; 7 trucks; 1 3+-axle truck; 10 bicyclists; 1 pedestrian (runner); 6 parked cars (2 of which were surveying the road)
Newts: 0 dead newts; 0 live newts

Friday, 9:07-11:11 am. 3 dead newts, no live ones
Weather: cloudy, cold
Coverage: from ABR and Eldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Anna P.
We documented 3 dead newts, one of whice was a juvenile.
Other roadkill: sphinx moth.
Traffic - 15 cars, 1 truck, 0 motorcycles, 2 bikes, 4 pedestrians, 6 parked cars.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-26&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Time: 8:59 am-10:54 am
Weather: cloudy skies, minimal wind; Temperature started at 57 degrees F; and climbed to 61 degrees by the end of the patrol.
Traffic: 19 cars; 13 trucks (one of which was a small firetruck); 7 parked cars; 4 3+axle trucks; 2 bicyclists
Newts: 1 dead (relatively fresh) adult; no juveniles; no live newts seen
Other findings: none

My observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-24&place_id=any&user_id=motherpurina&verifiable=any

Friday, 9:07-10:50 am. 15 dead newts, no live ones
Coverage: Jones trailhead to the second stop sign.
I documented 15 dead newts, 7 on the hill side. Most newts were very dry, a few were juveniles.
Other roadkill: caterpillars, slender salamander.
Traffic - 36 cars, 11 trucks, 2 motorcycles, 6 bikes, 8 pedestrians, 33 parked cars (1 car at the farther parking lot).
I saw a mother wolf spider trying to cross the road with all her babies on her back. I hope she made it. I wasn't able to remove it from the road.
My observations of the day - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-17&place_id=any&user_id=merav&verifiable=any

Time: 9:06 am-12:09 pm
Weather: clear skies, minimal wind. Temperature was 52 degrees F at the start of the patrol, and climbed to 68 degrees by the end.
Coverage: The south section of Alma Bridge Road from the Aldercroft Heights Road intersection to the stop sign and back.
Traffic: Cars: 18; Trucks: 18 (one was a small firetruck, another was a truck hauling an equipment trailer); bicycles: 7; motorcycles: 6; pedestrians: 1; parked cars: 5
Newts: dead newts=25, of which 4 were juveniles; no live newts; Of the dead newts: 9 were found on the Reservoir side, and 16 were found on the hill side of ABR.
Other roadkill: 1 moth caterpillar, which I included in my uploaded observations; a few earthworms.

link to my observations of the day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-16&place_id=any&user_id=motherpurina&verifiable=any

Time: 8:53 am - 10:50 am
Weather: clear skies. Temperature started at 55 degrees F. and climbed to 69 degrees F.
Coverage: The north section of Alma Bridge Road, from the parking area at the base of the Jones Trail, up to the 2nd stop sign on ABR.
Observer: Jennifer
Traffic: Cars=27; parked cars=4; trucks=12; 3+axle trucks=2; bikes=6; pedestrians=1
Newts: 3 adults, all on the Reservoir side of the road. No live newts, no juveniles
Other roadkill: very tiny creatures that were too crushed for me to identify

My observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-09&place_id=any&user_id=motherpurina&verifiable=any