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Showing posts with label frog eggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frog eggs. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Frog Eggs
For a couple of weeks now, I've been hearing peepers every time the weather warmed up a bit. Then, last Friday while Jo and I were cleaning up ice storm debris in the pond/creek area near our house, we discovered frog eggs clinging to a couple of branch we pulled out of the pond. Another sure sign that spring is on the way. We trimmed off the stems with the eggs attached and returned them to the water.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Thursday, 3/20/08
Today we walked our regular route through the pastures and woods for the first time since receiving that 10.5" of rain earlier in the week. Everything was still a bit damp, but in pretty good shape. We were able to wear hiking shoes instead of rubber boot. Hiking in those ill-fitting, heavy and hot rubber boots takes half the fun out of taking a walk.
There was some erosion in places along the trails leading down the bluff and in the woods, but nothing too severe. The cows evidently did a pretty good job laying out those trials. Most of the wildflowers that are emerging were still small enough that they were not damaged either by the rainfall itself or the running water. Bloodroot, trillium, dog toothed violet and may apple are the primary species growing down in the woods.
I don't think I've ever seen our pond quite this full.
There was an abundant supply of tadpoles and frog eggs in the pond before the big rain and there still is. As the extra water drains from the pond fairly rapidly, some of the frog eggs are hanging up on recently submerged weed stalks.
Are the tadpoles eating the eggs are just using them for cover?
This unfortunate creature is a cicada grub. It was forced from underground by excess water, I imagine. The grub uses the heavy duty, claw-like forelegs for digging its way out from underground when it's time for cicadas to emerge. This individual is about two months early.
There was some erosion in places along the trails leading down the bluff and in the woods, but nothing too severe. The cows evidently did a pretty good job laying out those trials. Most of the wildflowers that are emerging were still small enough that they were not damaged either by the rainfall itself or the running water. Bloodroot, trillium, dog toothed violet and may apple are the primary species growing down in the woods.
I don't think I've ever seen our pond quite this full.
There was an abundant supply of tadpoles and frog eggs in the pond before the big rain and there still is. As the extra water drains from the pond fairly rapidly, some of the frog eggs are hanging up on recently submerged weed stalks.Are the tadpoles eating the eggs are just using them for cover?
This unfortunate creature is a cicada grub. It was forced from underground by excess water, I imagine. The grub uses the heavy duty, claw-like forelegs for digging its way out from underground when it's time for cicadas to emerge. This individual is about two months early.
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