January 29, 2021 (Saturday) - South Side

Conducted survey of South Side 830am - 1240pm .
Weather was 46-54F, cloudy in the morning to sunny as time passed.
Rain MTD 5.82 in, Season Total 8.97 in, per http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php

Documented 83 newts, 4 of which were juvenile. No live newts observed.

Documented 1 dead newt in HTH Array 6 before they checked the pitfall traps: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68883710
It was removed after they checked the array. Didn't see any live newts in the traps.

Documented human activity:
Cars: 50
Motorcycles: 4
Bikes: 61
Pedestrians: 43
Parked Cars: 6

Not sure if this is a normal South Side thing or because of the rains or what, but the newts seemed much more mangled than what I'm used to seeing on the North Side. I'm used to seeing pancake/tortilla newts, but the bodies from yesterday were more twisted and the carnage/blood/guts/body parts was more spread out for these ones.

Saw one of the people I spoke to last week about the newts drive past (he screamed "YAY NEWTS" as he drove by me).

One cyclist asked how the newt study was going. I told her I'd already seen 60 dead newts on the road, and she was shocked. She thanked us for the work we're doing to try to save them.

Here's a link to the day's records:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-01-30&place_id=any&subview=grid&user_id=tyap&verifiable=any

Julkaistu helmikuu 1, 2021 12:03 AP. käyttäjältä tyap