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Tadpoles in pond
I have a one acre pond that was build in July, 2008. I have added
nothing; either animal or plant. However, much is happening. Cat Tails, duck weed, black willow, and other plants I haven't identified have arrived. Canada geese are nesting. Swallows skim the surface scooping up insects. There are also thousands of small tadpoles. These are only about 1/4" and are black. I don't see any gills, but I wonder if these are frog or salamander tadpoles. I hear peepers at night. |
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Black is most likely toad tadpoles.
kathy :-) |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:08:07 EDT, kathy wrote:
Black is most likely toad tadpoles. [not the OP] I did not know that. Even when they're tiny? I was scooping some string algae out last week and noticed some wiggling. Then I saw that all the green slime around most of my plants was filled with the tiny little black wigglers. We did have a toad sounding off in the pond a couple weeks ago, but I didn't see any of the strings of eggs anywhere. [and it is a tiny pond & quite clear] I figured these tadpoles had to be from the plethora of Green Frogs that hang out. I'll have to scoop out some more and examine them more closely. I just found this chart that mentions some more identifiers [and which agrees with you :-)]; http://www.trentu.ca/biology/berrill...ationTable.htm Jim |
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kathy wrote:
Black is most likely toad tadpoles. kathy :-) You may be right. I have never heard American Toads trilling at this location. But I have heard Eastern Spadefoot Toads calling. Last year, these tadpoles matured in less than one month. But I was not there to see the changes. Maybe I will see more this year. As volunteers, we do a Frog Calling Survey for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. So we are often more familiar with the calls then with the actual frog. Thanks for your comment. |
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toadally!
kathy :-) |
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My first batch of chorus frogs have hatched, so I have taddiepoles.
This year it sounds like I have 3 males frogs when the evenings are warm, tonight though, quiet. Heard a couple croaks and that was it. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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DLC wrote:
I have a one acre pond that was build in July, 2008. I have added nothing; either animal or plant. However, much is happening. Cat Tails, duck weed, black willow, and other plants I haven't identified have arrived. Canada geese are nesting. Swallows skim the surface scooping up insects. There are also thousands of small tadpoles. These are only about 1/4" and are black. I don't see any gills, but I wonder if these are frog or salamander tadpoles. I hear peepers at night. I just returned from visiting our tree farm with the new pond. I have decided that the tadpoles; now gone; are in fact, Eastern Spadefoot Toads. I clearly hear their calls out in the pasture near the pond. The Canada geese have one gosling. Once, while I was walking around the pond, I disturbed the parents so that they swam out from the cattails. After they had gone about fifty feet, they realized junior wasn't there. They turned around and both honked loudly, junior swam out from the cattails as fast as he could. A small happy moment to remember. The other surprise was finding a 13" snapping turtle sunning on the dam. We have had for many years two or three snapping turtles in Sharp's Fork which is a small river about 1500 feet east and 200 downhill from the pond. Sharp's Fork overflows several times each year and I surmise that the turtle got washed into the pasture and wandered into the pond. Now there is only one lonely turtle in Sharp's Fork. Green Frogs have found the pond. A Great Blue Heron and a smaller heron (I haven't identified this) seem to be regular visitors. |
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Sounds like a loverly place.
I wonder if your other heron is a green backed heron? kathy :-) |
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