November 4th, 2020 (Wednesday) 9:00-11:30 am: no newts today!
Weather was cool. AQI was good
Other roadkills: alligator lizard (with scat on top), a moth, and an unidentified insect.
Coverage: north part - the county park parking lot till the second stop sign.
Traffic: 18 trucks, 15 cars, 1 motorcycle, 4 bikes, 8 pedestrians, and 16 cars parked by the road and in the parking lots. Again, most of the trucks were County Roads trucks, driving past the quarry on their way to the road work site or back.
County roads are still repaving the road. Now they are working past the stop sign (to the south). It was very quiet today, there were almost no cars and bikes on the road. Very few cars were driving on the road, or parked along the road. I guess maybe people could just go fishing/ hiking somewhere else? Why not close the road then, in peak newt season, and only let in people who live there?
I met Steve and Matt from the Midpen population study on my way back. They were checking the pitfall traps. They said that the traps were opened yesterday.
The rowing club was open. All county park parking lots were open.

November 7th, 2020 (Saturday) 9:30-11:30 am: no newts today! Walking with @tyap.
Weather was cool. AQI was good. It rained a little bit in San Jose at night, so I wanted to check out the road.
Other roadkills: a couple of moths, a Jerusalem Cricket, and a bee. The alligator lizard (with scat on top) was still there.
Coverage: north part - the county park parking lot till the second stop sign.
Traffic: Saturdays are so different than weekdays! no trucks, 83 cars, 7 motorcycle, 8 bikes, 44 pedestrians, and 107 cars parked by the road and in the parking lots. A busy morning!
We met two other guys from the Midpen population study. They haven't found any newts, but when we saw them just they pulled out a beautiful Calisoga spider from one of the traps, so I got some photos.
The rowing club was open. All county park parking lots were open.

November 11th, 2020 (Wednesday) 9:30-11:00am: no newts today!
Weather was cool. AQI was good. Rainfall: (MTD: 0.09 in; YTD: 0.19 in). Data from - http://www.weathercat.net/wxraindetail.php
Other roadkills: moths, a beetle, 2 Jerusalem Crickets, a spider, and a centipede. This is a big change compared with the summer, when there was almost nothing on the road. And the alligator lizard tail (with scat on top) was still there.
Coverage: north part - the county park parking lot till the second stop sign.
Traffic: 3 trucks, 29 cars, 5 bikes, 32 pedestrians, and 28 cars parked by the road and in the parking lots. I didn't see any County Roads cas or trucks on the road.
Also didn't see the Midpen population study team.
The rowing club was open. All county park parking lots were open.