Pacific Newt (roadkill)
It just made me sick this morning to see 42 (yes, forty-two!!) dead newts on Alma Bridge Road between Limekiln and Priest Rock Trailheads. Many were bloody with guts spewed out (recently dead). Others were smashed flat so that the orange belly could not be seen.
See the following journal posting for more info: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/truthseqr/13713-roadkill
I wish the highway dept. would put up barriers to keep the newts off the road and stop the carnage.
(Alma Bridge Road)
***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 so the count is more accurate.
After 6 days:
Picture #1: 01/15/2018 (Mon)
Picture #2: 01/21/2018 (Sun)
url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9490147