"K30a" wrote in message
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Gail wrote a whole bunch
of little black pinheads with thin little tails

Sounds like toad tadpoles.
congrats!
k30a

Could well be toads. I had a Bufo valliceps -
Gulf Coast Toad hanging around the area
where I put the pond last winter. But I also
have frogs around (not sure of the kind -
they resemble Rana sphenocephala -
Southern Leopard Frog) so it could be either.
I'll definitely report on what emerges.

Gail