Cool! Tadpoles!!

[Mairte]

Yeah. I am like a little kid. I was taking garbage out when I looked into the pool (which is partially filled with rainwater and I was thinking about taking it down cause we havent been using it) and saw TADPOLES! And a FROG!
Of course I had to go get my daughter and we stood there watching for about 20 minutes...
Cheap entertainment, I tell ya.
But you have to enjoy the small moments too.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i love tadpoles a fun experiment is to watch them grow into adulthood

[DonaCatalina]

cool, I haven't seen tadpoles in years. 

[Merlin the Elder]

Next time we see you, I'll turn the Don into one for you...how's that? 

[Yrose]

Yeah, when we had a pool we had them too. Just about the same time, hadn't used it or cleaned and was about to take it down. We had some HUGE ones. Merlin, you didn't get rid of a few people in my pool did you? lol

[Lady Christina de Pond]

they may have crossed him and he zapped em

[Mairte]

LOL, well I wonder which wizard zapped the hundreds of them that are in our pool??
Got back this morning and we had to go out and look again.
Not going to take it down until they are capable of jumping.....soft hearted, I know.
I guess it takes me back to my childhood, wading around in the pond, catching tadpoles.
My son arrived for mowing and we got him over there too,lol.
He is calling it our "frog pond".

[dbaldock]

LOL, well I wonder which wizard zapped the hundreds of them that are in our pool??
Got back this morning and we had to go out and look again.
Not going to take it down until they are capable of jumping.....soft hearted, I know.
I guess it takes me back to my childhood, wading around in the pond, catching tadpoles.
My son arrived for mowing and we got him over there too,lol.
He is calling it our "frog pond".

What Fun!

I really enjoy listening to the chirping and croaking of frogs ... so much nicer than Cicadas.

There are a couple of frogs that live in the shrubs outside the back door of my apartment.  They chirp away during the night, and act as my natural pest-eaters.


Take Care,
David Baldock

[Mairte]

Well, I dont know how many of them will make it but I am going to try to give them the very best of chances.
I like the the sound of frogs too....I am not real sure what kind these are? The adult has a smooth brownish body with some green on the face. Medium sized frog.
I am also trying to figure out HOW it got in the pool in the first place! It's a four foot high pool, but maybe that's nothing to a frog?
Do treefrogs go into the water too?
Apparently I have lots of googling to do. 

[Mairte]

Wow. I googled Minnesota frogs and found that the one in the pool is called a Green Frog (they can be either green or brown with very few markings if any.)
What boggled my mind was it said they lay from 3,000 to 4,000 eggs at a time! I know there are many tadpoles but I dont think in the thousands!

[Mairte]

LOL, I even showed my parents the frog and tadpoles today. My Dad acted just like me about them. So I know where I get the enthusiasm about things like that! 

[Merlin the Elder]

I was excited about the frogs in my pond too. Apparently so were the fish. You don't have your Koi yet, do you?

Anyway, the hoards of frogs you have now reminded me...have you ever read (or seen) The Mist, by Stephen King.  It just reminded me ... don't worry, you're safe...

[Mairte]

LOL, I HAVE read "The Mist" by Stephen King actually.
No, no Koi yet, I had to re-revise my koi pond plans, the digging is under way but it wont feasibly be able to be used until spring.
In this case, the frog got into an above ground swimming pool that was partially filled with rainwater and laid her eggs, so no fish to scarf them up!
I just hope no other predators discover the buffet.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

frogs can jump pretty high when they want to

the predators your gonna have to worry about for your tadpoles would be birds

[Mairte]

Like storks probably,though I think they would go after the adults more?...I have also heard the dragonflies eat tadpoles? Is that true? At least the little ones have a place to hide.