Farewell Little Toads
I admit my house has been a bit like a zoo lately. Creatures are beginning to take over. So even though I will miss them greatly it was time for our tadpoles turned toads to catch a wave back home today. For two days now several of them have been coming up to the surface of the water and even coming out on dry land to try out their new lungs, so it was time anyways for them to head out into the great big world on their own. We’ll let them finish the final stage of absorbing their tails on their own. We must make room for new creatures, which I will feature in my next blog post! So, this morning I took the final photos of our American Toad friends and we loaded them up and took them back out and set them free in the vernal pool where we originally found the newly hatched tadpoles. They have been SUCH an amazing learning experience! It’s absolutely priceless to see something start out as a speck of black with tiny gills turn into a lung-breathing ground dwelling toad. We have done this two years in a row now; and as long as I’m able I will do it every year! Here are the final photos!
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