Notes From Near the Crossing

Freezing fog
Written by T   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010

And a pileated woodpecker on the butternut behind the house:

 

 
We Got Legs!
Written by D   
Sunday, 19 July 2009

Checked on the kids today. Several of the polywogs have sprouted legs

 

One Polywog with Hind Legs

 

And as you can see

 

Polywog with Front Legs

one has started to turn frog-colored and has sprouted front legs as well!

 

 
Amphibians (almost) - Opportunistic Science Project
Written by D   
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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