"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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That would be our total for the past 6 months or so. And this is
Florida! The pond in front is just about dried up, the pond by the
house only has water in it because I run a hose in it. The pond in
back still has quite a bit of water in it, but even it is lower. I
know for sure that the back pond has some kind of spring feeding it,
otherwise it surely would have dried out by now. I haven't the
foggiest where it gets its water from though, because I'm on some of
the highest elevation in the area. But I haven't seen (or heard) near
the frogs or toads this year. Even the number of frogs that sit on my
windows in the evenings (to catch bugs attracted by the light) are
far, far fewer in number. I hope it is just the lack of rain, and not
something else.
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It seems widespread then, doesn't it? That's troubling. Right now in a
normal year the sound of frogs can reach the point where I close the window
to talk on the phone. The 2 ponds are close to the front of the house. As
I type this it's SILENT out there. This year there are no tree frogs on the
windows or the front porch.

Spawning activity is half-hearted this year. The goldfish didn't spawn at
all and only one pond's koi spawned. I wonder if Global Warming or that
severe abnormal freeze has anything to do with it......?!!?!?!?
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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