Note: I originally posted the following field notes for the 2018-2019 migration season under the main umbrella project. At the time, I didn't know this would become a multi-year project. It would've been better to have all the field notes posted under this project for the 2018-2019 migration season. However, I didn't want to move the journal posts because I'd lose the original date/time stamps plus all the comments. So I'm providing links to the originals here.

Surveys: 42
Volunteers: 2

November 2018
11/22/18 ... 2018-2019 Migration Season Starts - Newts are on the move

11/25/18 ... Pacific Newt Roadkill: 1 found dead today; 6 alive

December 2018
12/01/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-59-found-dead-today-5-alive (North only)

12/14/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-22-found-dead-today-4-alive

12/19/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-52-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

12/23/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-192-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

12/25/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-114-found-dead-today-5-alive-2-injured

12/31/18 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-29-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

January 2019
01/06/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-130-found-dead-today-2-alive-total-death-toll-1000

01/09/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-183-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen (North only)

01/12/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-363-found-dead-2-alive-1-fatally-injured

01/19/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-268-found-dead-no-live-ones-seen

February 2019
02/02/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-400-dead-newts-1-live-one-on-the-road

02/09/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-207-found-dead-today-3000-cumulative-total

02/13/19 ... Pacific Newt Roadkill: 57 found dead today; 1 alive(North)

02/14/19 ... 48-dead-newts-found-on-a-heavy-rain-morning-no-live-ones (North)

02/16/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-50-found-dead-today-7-alive (North)

02/18/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-5-found-dead-today-1-alive

02/23/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-18-found-dead-today

02/25/19 ...pacific-newt-roadkill-119-found-dead-today (South)

02/26/19 ...pacific-newt-roadkill-67-found-dead-4-live-ones-today(North)

March 2019
03/03/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-146-found-dead-today-1-alive-injured

03/06/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-45-dead-newts-no-live-ones (North)

03/06/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-70-found-dead-today-1-alive-injured (South)

03/09/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-110-found-dead-today-1-alive-mortally-injured

03/14/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-165-dead-newts-no-live-ones

03/17/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-223-found-dead-today-2-alive-1-mortally-injured

03/21/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-230-found-dead-today-2-alive

03/24/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-132-found-dead-today

03/27/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-69-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen-total-deaths-5200

03/30/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-27-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

April 2019
04/03/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-14-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

04/08/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-8-found-dead-today-no-live-ones-seen

04/10/19 ... pacific-newt-roadkill-56-old-carcasses-1-live-one-seen

February 14, Thursday, from 9:30-10:20.
I started at the Priest Rock Trail trailhead, and walked 1.2 km south, to here - 37.187875, -121.986516
I found 48 dead newts, both fresh and not. Also found an arboreal salamander, a dead millipede, and a few earthworms. Due to the heavy rain I might have missed a few very old dead newts, as the road was flooded making it difficult to see them.
It was raining the whole day and night before the survey, and even the previous night (Tuesday).
In about an hour I was there, I saw about 20 cars - pretty quite.
The road was flooded, with some mud-slides from the mountains.

January 19, 2019 (Saturday)
I found 268 fresh newt carcasses (i.e., belly was bright orange/yellow and/or there was bright red blood).
See: https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/truthseqr/2019/1/19

I also found 140 partially decomposed carcasses. I'll have to compare these with previous observations to make sure no duplicates are added to the project. This might take several days or weeks. Just be aware that the count could jump up to 408 for this date, if all the decomposed ones are added to the project in the coming weeks.

I also saw a broad-footed mole dead on the road (DOR).

Rainfall: 1.18" since I last did a roadkill count. Total rainfall for Jan: 4.34"

Traffic: There was a steady flow of traffic to and from the Los Gatos Rowing Club (not a safe time to be taking roadkill pictures). @merav joined me for the roadkill count between Limekiln and Priest Rock Trailheads. I also surveyed St. Joseph's Hill OSP to Aldercroft Heights Rd. (4.1 miles total). Traffic was not so bad once I got past the rowing club entrance. Lots of bikes and joggers on the road today as well.

Question: what does a newt look like after it's been run over by 100 vehicles?