Pacific Newt (alive & injured)
Saturday: I found this little guy on the side of the road. It's eyes were open and it looked alive, so I picked it up and put it in the grass. Notice the tail - it's split. I continued the roadkill survey and returned about 15 minutes later - it hadn't moved. I'm not sure it will survive.
2019-03-06 (Wed): I found this little guy dead about 3 inches from where I left him on Saturday.
This will be a good subject for the decomposition rate study since it's not on the road now and so it won't be run over by numerous cars.
*** Decomposition Rate Study ***
These observations show the decomposition of a newt over time. This will give us a sense of how fast the bodies decompose so that duplicate entries aren't added to the main project and the total count is more accurate.
Ref: Decomp36
34 Days
Pictures #1-3: 03/02/19 (Sat)
Picture #4: 03/06/19 (Wed)
Picture #5: 03/09/19 (Sat)
Picture #6: 03/17/19 (Sun)
Picture #7: 03/24/19 (Sun)
Picture #8: 03/27/19 (Wed)
Picture #9: 03/30/19 (Sat)
Picture #10: 04/03/19 (Wed)
url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20891905