Notes From Near the Crossing

Amphibians (almost) - Opportunistic Science Project PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 09 July 2009

Checking the raspberries (YUM!) and potatoes today, I walked through some puddles from recent rain on the garden tarps.

 

puddles on tarps

 

I noticed something moving in one of the puddles. Wow! We have babies!

tiny tadpoles

 

 And more! There must be at least 100 tadpoles. We recorded the mating songs of a couple Copes Grey Tree Frogs out here a few weeks ago. Didn't realize what  we were intruding on ...

 tadpoles (about 3cm long)

 

Sigh. Seems we have to wait 2 months for them to turn into frogs.

 

 
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